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Using data on individual mobility across Italian provinces we document that, after the start of the pandemic, mobility declined disproportionately more in areas with higher civic capital. This pattern holds even before the national lockdown - when no police enforcement was in place - and is not driven by higher risk of contagion or differences in healthcare capacity. 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