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Paper
Pandemic Leadership: Did “Scientists” Lock Down More Quickly?
2021
Overview
Commentators have suggested a link between leaders having a “science” background and the speed of lockdown after the outbreak of COVID-19. We examine possible underlying mechanisms and test this relationship empirically with a global dataset of the educational background of 188 leaders in office at the start of the pandemic. Using several statistical tests, we find no support for a systematic relationship between a leader having studied a natural science or medicine and the timing of the first lockdown. There are no systematic effects for female leaders and populists either. We caution against generalizations based on a small number of high-profile anecdotes about how certain leadership traits translate into different policy responses during the pandemic.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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