Vaccination under the Pandemic and Political Support

Masaki Takahashi, Reo Takaku, Toyo Ashida and Yoko Ibuka
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Masaki Takahashi: Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
Reo Takaku: Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Toyo Ashida: Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

No 2022-003, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on political support. We exploit Japan's age-based COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, prioritizing people aged 65 years and older. A regression discontinuity design based on a large-scale online survey reveals that COVID-19 vaccination increases favorable opinions of the vaccination progress in municipalities and infection control measures of municipal governments. By contrast, there is no significant effect on support for the central government. We also discovered that people with chronic diseases and low socioeconomic status are more affected. These results show that reciprocal motives and political information play an important role in evaluating public policies.

Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; Political Support; Regression Discontinuity Design; Reciprocity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H51 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2022-02-15
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