Table 3.

Excess mortality and institutional variables

Dependent variable: Excess mortality in the first 6 months of 2020	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
		Government quality			Social capital and trust
	Autonomy	Regional	National	Both	Interaction	Trust	Bridging
	OLS	OLS	OLS	OLS	OLS	OLS	OLS
Regional autonomy 2016	−0.363*
	(0.108)
Regional government quality 2017		4.319**		1.971
		(2.141)		(2.141)
Change in regional government quality 2010–2017		1.491		3.022
		(2.643)		(2.374)
National government effectiveness 2018			1.475 (1.141)	−1.763 (3.914)
Change in national government effectiveness 1998–2018			−13.398*	−14.483*
			(2.121)	(2.997)
Frequency of meeting friends (once a week or more) 2016					−0.140
					(0.087)
Generalised trust 2016						2.665
						(2.525)
Bridging social networks 2016							−5.054*
							(1.811)
Country fixed effects	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
No. of regions	200	189	206	189	168	171	171
R 2	0.375	0.407	0.167	0.223	0.343	0.379	0.392
Adjusted R 2	0.297	0.329	0.159	0.206	0.268	0.310	0.325
Degrees of freedom	177	166	203	184	150	153	153

Note: Clustered standard errors at regional (NUTS2) level in parentheses.

^* p < 0.01.

^** p < 0.05.

***p < 0.1.