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 …

) to evaluate the effects of vaccinations and variants on the epidemic and macroeconomic outlook. Vaccination plays the …, increasing the volatility of epidemic curves and worsening the macroeconomic outlook. If a more contagious variant emerges after … vaccination becomes available, therefore, the mitigating factor of the latter is at least partially offset by the former. A new …

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 …

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 …

' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data … willingness to get vaccinated, but these results are less pronounced and less robust. Our results indicate that vaccination …

’ willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data … willingness to get vaccinated, but these results are less pronounced and less robust. Our results indicate that vaccination … einer hohen Merkmalsreaktanz eine signifikant geringere Bereitschaft zur Impfung zeigen. Sie neigen auch dazu, sich später …

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines give rise to positive externalities on population health, society and the economy in addition to …

Previous research has documented lower vaccination rates among ethnic and racial minorities as well as foreign …-born people, thus raising concerns about health inequities during pandemics. We analyzed influenza vaccination rates among … higher odds of receiving the influenza vaccination even after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics. …