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This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology.
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optimal. When eradication is feasible, the optimal program requires either a low vaccination rate or eradication. A high … vaccination rate is never optimal. Under special conditions, the results are especially stark: the optimal policy is either not to …
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hospitalisation and fatality rates of vaccination and population immunity due to past infection: the latter was the most signiÖcant … factor driving both trends, while the vaccination rate also had a signiÖcant short run e§ect on the fatality rate. We also …
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private university allows us to estimate how peer effects influence health beliefs and vaccination choices. Our results … positive peer effects on individuals' vaccination decisions. A student becomes up to 8.3 percentage points more likely to get … inoculation clinics suggests that students coordinate their vaccination decisions with their friends. …
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This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among … from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …, qualitative, and quantitative dynamic norms, on actual vaccination rates. Contrary to our hypothesis, dynamic norms alone fail to …
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this incentive. Pigouvian subsidies may even make things worse. Mandatory vaccination programs covering only the poor …
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whether personal reminders can increase demand for vaccination. A field experiment was conducted in rural Guatemala in which … probability of vaccination completion by 2.2 percentage points among all children in treatment communities. Moreover, for children … date, the probability of vaccination completion increased by 4.9 percentage points. The cost of an additional child with …
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immunisation schedule does not currently include rotavirus vaccination. A lack of economic data on the impact of routine … vaccination is stated as one of the reasons. As a result, the current coverage rate is low, around 26%. This study investigated … whether rotavirus vaccination using the two-dose rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 (Rotarix®, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines) would be a …
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study was to evaluate the broader economic consequences associated with HPV vaccination in males and females and to conduct … a lifetime cost-benefit analysis of investing in universal vaccination in Germany from the perspective of government … consequences of HPV vaccination including the fiscal impact for the government. A cohort model was developed simulating the medical …
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