Measuring Social and Externality Benefits of in Influenza Vaccination

Corey White

No 12525, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 examine a setting with large potential externality benefits: vaccination mandates for health care workers. I find that the social benefits of vaccination are substantial, most of benefits operate through an externality, and that the benefits of health care worker vaccination are particularly large.

Keywords: flu; influenza; vaccination; vaccine; externality; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 H23 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 84 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Journal Article: Measuring Social and Externality Benefits of Influenza Vaccination (2021)
Working Paper: Measuring the Social and Externality Benefits of Influenza Vaccination (2018)
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