Social capital and vaccination compliance: Evidence from Italy

Giulia Montresor and Lucia Schiavon
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Giulia Montresor: University of Verona

No 2024: 04, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: Exploiting high-frequency vaccination data for COVID-19 and social capital measures at the municipal level in Italy between January and October 2021, this paper estimates the effect of social capital on vaccination compliance. We find that vaccination coverage increased significantly more in municipalities with higher social capital. Results do not differ by gender and the effect is mainly driven by younger generations. Our findings shed light on the role of social capital as a driver of health protective behaviour.

Keywords: Social Capital; Vaccination; Health behaviour; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 I10 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2024
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