ABSTRACT

This paper studies how COVID-19 lockdown restrictions encouraged and allowed people to form habits of increased mobile phone usage in Spain, even after the most restrictive measures were lifted. We have used data from the mobile network of a national telecommunications operator to study the influence of 15 different mobility restrictions on citizens’ use of mobile phones from 15 March 2020 to 15 April 2021 in a big Spanish city. In order to approach this issue, a quasi-experimental technique (before and after methodology) was implemented. We found that the use of smartphones presented an initial reduction with the first and most drastic mobility restrictions, but showed a growing use after their removal. However, user mobility was negatively influenced by all the mobility restrictions.

摘要

本文研究了即使在解除最严格的限制措施之后，COVID-19 封锁限制如何鼓励并允许西班牙人养成增加手机使用的习惯。我们使用来自一家国家电信运营商移动网络的数据来研究西班牙一座大城市2020年3月15日至2021年4月15日期间15种不同的移动限制对公民使用手机的影响。为了解决这个问题，实施了准实验技术（在方法之前和之后）。我们发现，智能手机的使用在第一次也是最严格的移动限制后出现了最初的减少，但在取消智能手机后显示出使用量的增加。然而，用户移动性受到所有移动性限制的负面影响。