Do people lie about social distancing?

Using two separate surveys of Danish citizens, this working paper co-authored by Nuffield DPhil student Jacob Nyrup with colleagues Martin Larsen and Michael Bang Petersen looks at whether individuals under-report their non-compliance to lockdown restrictions.

(Martin Larsen, Michael Bang Petersen and Jacob Nyrup, 'Do Survey Estimates of the Public’s Compliance with COVID-19 Regulations Suffer from Social Desirability Bias?', 24 August 2020. Published in Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 3(2), do: 10.30636/jbpa.32.164)