@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13234, author={Brodeur, Abel and Grigoryeva, Idaliya and Kattan, Lamis}, title={Stay-At-Home Orders, Social Distancing and Trust}, year={2020}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={13234}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13234}, abstract={Better understanding whether and how communities respond to government decisions is crucial for policy makers and health officials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we document the socioeconomic determinants of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders' compliance in the U.S. Using cell phone data measuring changes in average distance traveled and non-essential visitation, we find that: stay-at-home orders reduce mobility by about 8­–10 percentage points; high-trust counties decrease their mobility significantly more than low-trust counties post-lockdown; and counties with relatively more self-declared democrats decrease significantly more their mobility. We also provide evidence that the estimated eeffct on compliance post-lockdown is especially large for trust in the press, and relatively smaller for trust in science, medicine or government.}, keywords={COVID-19;stay-at-home orders;social distancing;trust}, }