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against an emerging epidemic. While the nonmonotonic pattern of the optimal subsidy persists, new findings emerge. Universal … vaccination with a perfectly effective vaccine becomes a viable firm strategy: the marginal consumer is still willing to pay since … those infected before vaccine rollout remain a source of transmission. We derive a simple condition under which vaccination …
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Childhood vaccinations are an important input to disease prevention, but vaccination rates have declined over the last … impact. Anecdotal evidence on disease outbreaks suggests that they may prompt vaccination behavior. I use newly compiled data … vaccination rate increases among children at school entry following an outbreak in the year prior. A large outbreak in the county …
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Infectious disease is currently the main cause of mortality in the world and has been even more important historically. This paper reviews recent research in economic epidemiology. Specifically, it discusses the occurrence of infectious diseases and the effects of public health interventions...
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treatment of communicable diseases because they do not shed light on population-wide disease transmission. In particular, trials … do not reveal the indirect preventive (herd immunity) effect of vaccination on persons who are not vaccinated or who are … vaccine or mandate an approved one, but who do not know the indirect effect of vaccination. I study vaccine approval as a …
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cross-disease effects by using data on neo-natal tetanus vaccination through the Expanded Programme on Immunization of the …
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interacting externalities. Using regional and temporal variation in pollution and disease transmission, we find exposure to more … disparate policy actions of pollution control and expanded vaccination provide greater returns than found when studied in …
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The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the...
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Routine childhood vaccinations are among the most cost-effective interventions. In recent years, the broader benefits of vaccines, which include improved cognitive and schooling outcomes, have also been established. This paper evaluates the long-term economic benefits of India's national program...
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The seasonal influenza virus afflicts between five and twenty percent of the U.S. population each year, imposing significant costs on those who fall ill, their families, employers, and the health care system. The flu is transmitted via droplet spread or close contact, and certain environments,...
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We review economic arguments for using public policy to accelerate vaccine supply during a pandemic. Rapidly vaccinating a large share of the global population helps avoid economic, mortality, and social losses, which in the case of Covid-19 mounted into trillions of dollars. However,...
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