Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252233 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15109
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate the effects of the introduction of a population-wide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program on the vaccine take-up of the targeted group of 15-year-old girls and their older sisters. For identification, we rely on a regression discontinuity design and high-quality Danish administrative data to exploit that date of birth determines program eligibility. We find that the program increased the HPV vaccine take-up of both the targeted girls and their older sisters. While the direct effects of the program reduced vaccine-takeup inequality, the spillover effects, in contrast, contributed to an increase in vaccine take-up inequality.
Subjects: 
health investments
health behavior
peer effects
sibling spillovers
HPV
vaccine
health inequality
JEL: 
I10
I18
I12
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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