Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227627 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 20-076
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made all the more clear that public health is a public good. Public health interventions try to encourage contributions to this public good. Digital public health interventions are increasingly being used to complement traditional public health interventions. The rollout of digital contact tracing apps during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a prominent example. We review the literature on how participation in such digital public health interventions could be fostered, provide an overview of digital contact tracing as one such intervention, provide policy recommendations on how to increase its adoption and usage as well as recommendations for further research.
Subjects: 
Public health
Public good
Public health intervention
Digital contact tracing
JEL: 
H41
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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