Social distancing measures help contain the spread of COVID-19, but actual compliance has varied substantially across space and time. We ask whether cultural differences underlie this heterogeneity using mobility data across Switzerland between February and December 2020. We find that German-speaking cantons decreased their mobility for non-essential activities significantly less than French-speaking cantons. However, we find no such significant differences for bilingual cantons. Contrary to the evidence in the literature, we find that within the Swiss context, high trusting areas exhibited a smaller decline in mobility. Additionally, cantons supporting a limited role of the state in matters of welfare also experienced a smaller reduction in mobility.

社交距离措施有助于遏制 COVID-19 的传播，但实际遵守情况在不同空间和时间上存在很大差异。我们利用 2020 年 2 月至 12 月期间瑞士各地的流动性数据来询问文化差异是否是这种异质性的根源。我们发现德语区减少非必要活动流动性的程度明显低于法语区。然而，我们发现双语州没有如此显着的差异。与文献中的证据相反，我们发现在瑞士背景下，高信任度地区的流动性下降幅度较小。此外，支持国家在福利事务上发挥有限作用的各州的流动性也出现了较小的下降。