Vaccination represents a canonical example of externalities in economics, yet there are few estimates of their … magnitudes. I estimate social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination in two settings. First, using a natural … experiment, I estimate the impacts of aggregate vaccination rates on mortality and work absences in the United States. Second, I …

vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity and reduce the efects of the disease. Vaccination rates have difered between … countries, depending on supply (availability of resources) and demand (altruism and resistance to vaccination) factors. Methods … levels of vaccination between countries, using the number of transplants as a proxy for altruism. Taking European Union …

We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take … vaccination rate for individuals aged less than 65. We show that this effect is not entirely driven by an income channel, but also … depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …