This paper examines empirically the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes. We … assemble a comprehensive and novel cross-country database at a daily frequency on vaccinations and various health outcomes (new …’s health infrastructure, and vaccine acceptance are significant determinants of the speed of vaccination rollouts; (ii) vaccine …

Throughout history, technological progress has transformed population health, but the distributional effects of these … gains are unclear. New substitutes for older, more expensive health technologies can produce convergence in population … health outcomes, but may also be prone to “elite capture” leading to divergence. This paper studies the case of penicillin …

Throughout history, technological progress has transformed population health, but the distributional effects of these … gains are unclear. New substitutes for older, more expensive health technologies can produce convergence in population … health outcomes, but may also be prone to "elite capture" leading to divergence. This paper studies the case of penicillin …

depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …

depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …

show that the effect on take-up is not entirely due to an income channel, and that the effect on health is mainly driven by …

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit …