We study the role of media reporting of alleged adverse effects of influenza vaccination on adults' (aged 50 or more … 2014 vaccination campaign in Italy. Using daily variation in news items across the 2014 campaign and the previous year … campaign, unaffected by media cases, we show that media reporting decreases flu vaccination by about 2.5% (78 fewer …

We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take … vaccination rate for individuals aged less than 65. We show that this effect is not entirely driven by an income channel, but also … depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …

Vaccination represents a canonical example of externalities in economics, yet there are few estimates of their … magnitudes. I estimate social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination in two settings. First, using a natural … experiment, I estimate the impacts of aggregate vaccination rates on mortality and work absences in the United States. Second, I …

We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take … design around the threshold at age 65. We find that the program increases vaccination take-up by 6 percentage points, which …

This paper explores the effects of a measles outbreak on vaccination uptake in Austria, using administrative data with … vaccination rate of the treatment group is 2.5 (first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine) and 4 (second dose …

. This paper examines how expanding the availability of exemptions influences vaccination rates in early childhood and … vaccination coverage among black and low-income preschoolers by 16.1% and 8.3%, respectively. Furthermore, we find that those …

challenge of encouraging vaccination more urgent than ever. We present a large field experiment (N=47,306) testing 19 nudges … messages sent prior to a primary care visit can boost vaccination rates by an average of 5%. Overall, interventions performed …

This paper explores the effects of a measles outbreak on vaccination uptake in Austria, using administrative data with … vaccination rate of the treatment group is 2.5 (first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine) and 4 (second dose …