TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Safety Nets and COVID-19 Stay Home Orders across US States
T2 - A Comparative Policy Analysis
AU - Warner, Mildred E.
AU - Zhang, Xue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Editor, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Sub-national policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have been politicized in the US. Survival analysis was run on when stay-at-home orders were enacted and lifted across US states from March to June 2020. Results show a strong linkage between pre-crisis social safety net protections (paid sick leave, expanded Medicaid Health Insurance, higher state minimum wage, higher welfare benefits) and crisis policy response–whether a state shuts down earlier and reopens later. Republican-controlled states imposed stay-at-home orders later and reopened sooner. This comparative policy research shows that providing social safety net protections is a policy complement to public health.
AB - Sub-national policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have been politicized in the US. Survival analysis was run on when stay-at-home orders were enacted and lifted across US states from March to June 2020. Results show a strong linkage between pre-crisis social safety net protections (paid sick leave, expanded Medicaid Health Insurance, higher state minimum wage, higher welfare benefits) and crisis policy response–whether a state shuts down earlier and reopens later. Republican-controlled states imposed stay-at-home orders later and reopened sooner. This comparative policy research shows that providing social safety net protections is a policy complement to public health.
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U2 - 10.1080/13876988.2021.1874243
DO - 10.1080/13876988.2021.1874243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104733701
SN - 1387-6988
VL - 23
SP - 176
EP - 190
JO - Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
JF - Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
IS - 2
ER -
