Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207351 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12525
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Vaccination represents a canonical example of externalities in economics, yet there are few estimates of their magnitudes. I estimate social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination in two settings. First, using a natural experiment, I estimate the impacts of aggregate vaccination rates on mortality and work absences in the United States. Second, I examine a setting with large potential externality benefits: vaccination mandates for health care workers. I find that the social benefits of vaccination are substantial, most of benefits operate through an externality, and that the benefits of health care worker vaccination are particularly large.
Subjects: 
vaccine
vaccination
influenza
flu
externality
health
JEL: 
I12
I18
D62
H23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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