Wearing a mask-For yourself or for others? Behavioral correlates of mask wearing among COVID-19 frontline workers.

Human behavior can have effects on oneself and externalities on others. Mask wearing is such a behavior in the current pandemic. What motivates people to wear face masks in public when mask wearing is voluntary or not enforced? Which benefits should the policy makers rather emphasize in information...

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Main Authors: Ankush Asri, Viola Asri, Baiba Renerte, Franziska Föllmi-Heusi, Joerg D Leuppi, Juergen Muser, Reto Nüesch, Dominik Schuler, Urs Fischbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253621