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Measuring social and externality benefits of in influenza vaccination
White, Corey D. - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060585
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Vaccination take-up and health: evidence from a flu vaccination program for the elderly
Brilli, Ylenia; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257599
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Transmissible diseases, vaccination and inequality
Camacho, Carmen; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2023
We build a Susceptible-Infected-Vaccinated Economic two-sector growth model to study the evolution of inequality in an economy with two groups of workers, who are differently exposed to a transmissible disease. We show that the economy can lead to various scenarios in the long run, which range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377749
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When externalities collide: influenza and pollution
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Neidell, Matthew; Sanders, … - 2021
externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind directions, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution … of pollution control and vaccination campaigns jointly provide greater returns than those implied by addressing either in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519141
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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Optimal travel restrictions in epidemics
Shi, Wei; Qiu, Yun; Yu, Pei; Chen, Xi - 2022
initial outbreaks. Uncoordinated travel restrictions ignore policy externalities and therefore are sub-optimal in comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198844
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Predicting COVID-19 vaccine uptake
Pronkina, Elizaveta; Rees, Daniel I. - 2022
Although COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, many adults are hesitant or unwilling to use them. Drawing on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Corona survey, we examine the correlates of vaccine uptake among Europeans ages 50 and older. We find that...
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Who gets vaccinated? : cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of individual behavior in pandemics
Andor, Mark Andreas; Bauer, Thomas K.; Eßer, Jana; … - 2023
' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data … willingness to get vaccinated, but these results are less pronounced and less robust. Our results indicate that vaccination …
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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up
Giulietti, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2022
We investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take …-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity …. We find that vaccination take-up as of November 2021 is positively associated with pre-vaccine COVID-19-related deaths …
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy using local ambassadors : a randomized controlled trial in Indonesia
Islam, Asad; Kusnadi, Gita; Rezki, Jahen Fachrul; Sim, … - 2023
diseases remains a challenge. Can delivery of information regarding the benefits of vaccination through personal home visits by … information about COVID-19 vaccines and promote vaccination through one-on-one meetings, using an interpersonal behavioral change … the overall vaccination take-up is quite moderate and that there are no differences in vaccination outcomes across the …
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