코로나19 대응 사회적 거리두기 정책의 효과 분석 : 영업시간 제한 정책과 사적 모임 인원 제한 정책의 비교

초록

As the number of COVID-19 confirmed patients in Korea soared in the fall of 2020, the government implemented various ‘social distancing’ policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Representative social distancing policies included the ‘Business Hours Restriction Policy’ and the ‘Private Gathering Limits Policy,’ and there was also a debate on the effectiveness of the two policies. This study tried to analyze how much these two policies affected people’s movement using the ‘Google Mobility Index’, one of the big data. In addition, the effect of the one-hour business hour mitigation policy on the amount of movement was analyzed. We found that the business hours restriction policy reduced the movement to ‘retail stores and leisure facilities,’ but the policy dummy variable for ‘private gatherings’ was not significant. Both policies indicated that they played a role in attracting people to their homes by increasing the movement to ‘residence.’ The policy of relaxing business hours by one hour significantly increased the amount of movement to ‘retail stores and leisure facilities.’ This study analyzes the effectiveness of policies based on the mobility index and is expected to serve as a reference for establishing policies related to infectious diseases in the future.

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