Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283131 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2023/8
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the role of social norms and political polarization in shaping vaccination attitudes and behaviors in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Using a largescale representative survey experiment in Turkey, we first show that political affiliation is a strong predictor of attitudes towards vaccination. We then use standard economic games to measure the extent of polarization caused by subjects' attitudes towards vaccination. We find that pro- and anti-vaxxers discriminate each other substantially. Furthermore, when pro- and anti-vaxxers perceive a political difference between them, this polarization is exacerbated. Finally, using randomized informational treatments, we show that the promotion of a broadly shared social identity might mitigate this outgroup discrimination.
JEL: 
C9
D01
D9
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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