Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250290 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
University of Göttingen Working Paper in Economics No. 434
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
This paper presents the results of a survey exploring the determinants of vacinees' confidence in COVID-19 vaccines and their motivations to become vaccinated. At the threatening rise of the highly infectious Omicron variant, in December 2021, we interviewed people in waiting lines of vaccination centers. Our results identify risk-averse and social-distancing-compliant people as showing high confidence in the vaccine, which motivates them to receive it for reasons of protecting themselves and others. By contrast, policy incentives, such as "3G/2G" restrictions, motivate risktolerant people who opted for vaccination to get access to public areas. Trusting people who regularly vote are little afraid of vaccines' side effects. Our findings offer insights for policymakers in societies and firms that help to tailor policies promoting vaccination based on people's economic preferences
Subjects: 
Behavioral Economics
COVID-19
Policy Incentives
Vaccination Motives
JEL: 
C91
D81
H12
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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