We study the effect of education on vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza in Germany and Europe. Our identification strategy makes use of changes in compulsory schooling laws and allows to estimate local average treatment effects for individuals between 59 and 91 years of age. We find no...

Viele Menschen neigen dazu, das schlechteste Ergebnis einer Entscheidung zu vermeiden. Das könnte bei einer Corona-Impfung relevant werden. Wann ein Impfstoff gegen das Coronavirus für weite Teile der deutschen Bevölkerung verfügbar sein wird, ist noch offen. Eines zeichnet sich jedoch schon...

Theoretical papers show that optimal prevention decisions in the sense of selfprotection (i.e., primary prevention) depend not only on the level of (second-order) risk aversion but also on higher-order risk preferences such as prudence (third-order risk aversion). We study empirically whether...

Wann ein Impfstoff gegen das Coronavirus für weite Teile der deutschen Bevölkerung verfügbar sein wird, ist noch offen. Eines zeichnet sich jedoch schon ab: Die Impfung soll in Deutschland freiwillig sein. Damit stellt sich die Frage, wie man es schafft, möglichst viele Menschen von einer...

We study socio-economic determinants of parental willingness to vaccinate themselves and their children against COVID-19 in Germany. We find that better educated parents are more likely to vaccinate both themselves as well as their children. Own experience with restrictions due to Corona...

Vaccination willingness against COVID-19 is generally perceived as too low. Moreover, there is large heterogeneity across and within countries. As a whole, Germany has average vaccination rates compared to other industrialized countries. However, vaccination rates in the 16 different German...