Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260788 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9658
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Using recent data on the unvaccinated across U.S. states, this paper focuses on the determinants of vaccine hesitancy related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that more prosperous states and states with more elderly and physicians have lower vaccine hesitancy. There was some evidence of the significance of race, but internet access and history of other contagious diseases failed to make a difference. States with centralized health systems and those with mask mandates generally had a lower percentage of unvaccinated populations. Finally, the presence of Democrats in state legislatures tended to result in lower vaccination hesitancies, ceteris paribus.
Subjects: 
Covid-19
vaccination
vaccine hesitancy
pandemic
government
elderly
race religion
politics
United States
JEL: 
D11
I18
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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