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. 2023 Feb 26;208:140–155. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.006

Table 5.

Impacts of AE Eligibility by Vote in the Last Presidential Election.

Panel A
Panel B
Sample: Voted for Bolsonaro in 2018
Did not vote for Bolsonaro in 2018
All
DV average where earned >3 m.s. Earned <3 m.s. n DV average where earned >3 m.s. Earned <3 m.s. n Earned <3 m.s. Earned <3 m.s. X voted for Bolsonaro n
Outcomes:
Precautionary behaviour index -0.10 0.0763 262 0.06 -0.0545 266 -0.0400 0.101 528
[0.0534] [0.0494] [0.0447] [0.0638]
Currently unemployed 0.23 -0.0061 262 0.18 0.138*** 266 0.101** -0.0989 528
[0.0459] [0.0520] [0.0467] [0.0659]
Current # hours worked per week (ex. unemployed) 32.09 -3.666* 216 33.46 -2.088 216 -2.114 -1.055 432
[2.013] [2.131] [1.833] [2.650]
Current # hours worked per week (inc. unemployed) 26.64 -1.447 262 28.90 -2.251 266 -2.807 1.139 528
[1.925] [1.904] [1.746] [2.553]
Had COVID-19 0.17 0.0044 261 0.13 -0.0931** 263 -0.104*** 0.0934 524
[0.0465] [0.0390] [0.0392] [0.0586]
Tested for COVID-19 0.24 0.0421 261 0.39 -0.175** 263 -0.179*** 0.235*** 524
[0.0596] [0.0715] [0.0637] [0.0833]
Had at least one symptom (in the last week) related to:
Depression 0.43 0.0548 262 0.52 0.0055 266 0.0355 0.0120 528
[0.0719] [0.0723] [0.0658] [0.0915]
Stress 0.56 0.0178 262 0.66 0.0000 266 0.00796 0.0266 528
[0.0664] [0.0716] [0.0640] [0.0881]
Anxiety 0.32 0.0412 262 0.36 -0.0617 266 -0.0201 0.0530 528
[0.0685] [0.0702] [0.0652] [0.0884]
COVID quiz -0.22 -0.172 262 0.36 -0.238* 266 -0.276** 0.190 528
[0.140] [0.142] [0.129] [0.181]
Cited among 3 trusted sources of COVID information:
Pres Bolsonaro 0.27 0.0149 262 0.00 0.0517** 266 0.0647** -0.0704 528
[0.0600] [0.0216] [0.0260] [0.0588]
Health experts 0.67 0.0121 262 0.78 0.0208 266 -0.0099 0.0029 528
[0.0686] [0.0641] [0.0579] [0.0846]
Trust Bolsonaro above health experts 0.22 -0.0650 202 0.00 0.0540** 211 0.0509* -0.111* 413
[0.0668] [0.0254] [0.0286] [0.0641]
Estimated probability ’X’ dies or is hospitalised if contracts COVID-19:
X=”someone like me” 14.79 3.713 262 31.85 1.512 266 1.875 3.505 528
[3.338] [4.447] [4.081] [5.061]
X=30-year old woman 12.58 0.430 262 24.25 2.335 266 2.784 -1.042 528
[2.747] [3.577] [3.406] [4.295]
X=65-year old man 31.04 -1.105 262 47.35 1.515 266 1.057 0.462 528
[3.864] [4.686] [4.287] [5.683]
Advocacy for a person to ’stay at home’ (instead of working) if:
The person has COVID symptoms 0.78 0.027 262 0.88 -0.0138 266 -0.0416 0.0892 528
[0.0620] [0.0501] [0.0474] [0.0726]
Someone else in household has COVID symptoms 0.38 0.137* 262 0.55 -0.0643 266 -0.0882 0.258*** 528
[0.0698] [0.0780] [0.0686] [0.0927]

Note: The sample refers to individuals whose pre-pandemic household income is between 2.6-3.4 minimum salaries. Each entry reports results from a separate regression. The reported coefficients in Panel A refer to an indicator for whether the respondent lives in a household that earned less than three minimum salaries (the AE income eligibility cut-off) before the pandemic. The estimates for ϕ1 and ϕ2 from Eq. (3) are reported in Panel B. Outcomes are explained in the text. All regressions include controls for state fixed effects and covariates for pre-pandemic conditions: household income per capita (mid-point of income range divided by the number of people living in the household), indicators for whether the participant has used government benefits, if the respondent was registered in Cadastro Unico, unemployment status, a pre-pandemic precautionary behaviour index (explained in the text), indicators for education, marital status, gender, race, age, if lives with elderly, number of people living in the household and a social desirability index (using a question asked in the British Election Study to measure respondents’ tendencies to provide socially desirable responses). Regressions in Panel B also include an indicator for whether the respondent voted for Bolsonaro. Robust standard errors in brackets. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.1.