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Over the first half of March 2021, the majority of European governments suspended Astrazeneca's Vaxzevria vaccine as a precaution following media reports of rare blood clots. We analyse the impact of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) March 18th statement assuring the public of the safety of...
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Over the first half of March 2021, the majority of European governments suspended Astrazeneca's Vaxzevria vaccine as a precaution following media reports of rare blood clots. We analyse the impact of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) March 18th statement assuring the public of the safety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589862
We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...
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from the signatories of an open letter in which 199 Austrian physicians expressed their skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines …
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from the signatories of an open letter in which 199 Austrian physicians expressed their skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines …
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In settings where resistance and rampant misinformation against vaccines exist, the prospect of containing infectious … information about COVID-19 vaccines and promote vaccination through one-on-one meetings, using an interpersonal behavioral change …
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By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and educational outcomes in that country. To do so, we apply...
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We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006 …-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During … this period, household access to the internet was almost completely dependent on connection to a particular technology (DSL …
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Medien und Informationstechnologie gehören in vielen Regionen zu den wirtschaftspolitischen Schwerpunktfeldern, und auch die Bundesregierung ist auf diesem Gebiet standortpolitisch aktiv - zum Beispiel im Rahmen der nationalen "Informationstechnologie-Gipfel". Die einzelnen Segmente dieses...
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The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper, we provide the first quasi-experimental estimates of...
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