State Dependence in Immunization and the Role of Discouraging Information

Kabir Dasgupta (), Gail Pacheco and Alexander Plum
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Kabir Dasgupta: Federal Reserve Board (Washington D.C., US)

No 2022-04, Working Papers from Auckland University of Technology, Department of Economics

Abstract: Does having a child immunised at the prior schedule genuinely impact the likelihood of vaccinating the child at the following schedule? Using longitudinal data from Growing Up in New Zealand study, we apply a random-effects probit model that also controls for the initial immunisation status. We detect sizeable state dependence in immunisation, indicating that the likelihood of a child increases, on average, by 21 percentage points if the child was immunised at the previous schedule compared to if not. This effect is further exacerbated if the mother received antenatal discouraging information on immunisation.

Keywords: State dependence; vaccination; random-effects; initial conditions problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07
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