Direct and Spillover Effects of Middle School Vaccination Requirements

Christopher Carpenter and Emily C. Lawler

No 23107, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We study the direct and spillover effects of state requirements that middle school youths obtain a tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) booster prior to middle school entry. These mandates increased vaccine take-up by 29 percent and reduced pertussis (whooping cough) incidence in the population by a much larger 53 percent due to herd immunity effects. We also document cross-vaccine spillovers: the mandates increased adolescent vaccination for meningococcal disease and human papillomavirus (which is responsible for 98 percent of cervical cancers) by 8-34 percent, with particularly large effects for children from low SES households.

JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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Published as Christopher S. Carpenter & Emily C. Lawler, 2019. "Direct and Spillover Effects of Middle School Vaccination Requirements," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol 11(1), pages 95-125.

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