How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Vu M. Ngo (), Klaus Zimmermann (), Phuc V. Nguyen (), Toan L.D. Huynh () and Huan H. Nguyen ()
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Vu M. Ngo: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City
Phuc V. Nguyen: Massey University, and Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Toan L.D. Huynh: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, IPAG Business School, and Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Huan H. Nguyen: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City

No 2021-046, MERIT Working Papers from United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)

Abstract: Since vaccination is the decisive factor for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand the process to vaccination success. We identify a variety of factors playing a crucial role including the availability of vaccines, pandemic pressures, economic strength (GDP), educational development and political regimes. Examining the speed of vaccinations across countries, we find that initially authoritarian countries are slow in the vaccination process, while education is most relevant for scaling up the campaign and financial strength of the economies drive them to higher vaccination rates.

Keywords: COVID-19; educational development; political regimes; vaccination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 D72 I19 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-11-25
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