Psychic vs. Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-up: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria

Ryoko Sato and Yoshito Takasaki
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Ryoko Sato: Global Asia Institute, National University of Singapore

No CIRJE-F-983, CIRJE F-Series from CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Abstract: This paper evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of vaccination compared to monetary costs through a eld experiment that randomizes several factors a ecting tetanus vaccine take-up among women in rural Nigeria. Although conventional wisdom highlights the relevance of psychic costs, we nd no evidence that psychic costs limit vaccine take-up. Of the women who were incentivized just to show up at a clinic unconditional on vaccine take-up, 95.7 percent chose to get vaccinated anyway. Priming about disease severity increases the perceived severity of disease, but not vaccine take-up. Rather than psychic costs, monetary costs are major barriers to vaccination. --

Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2015-07
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Journal Article: Psychic vs. Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria (2019)
Working Paper: Psychic vs. economic barriers to vaccine take-up: evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria (2018)
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