Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272504 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15877
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination coverage. Retrospective reminders are primarily effective for families with small children and when sent out close to the recommended vaccination age. Digital and postal reminders are equally effective. Prospective reminders increase timely vaccinations in later childhood and help reaching high coverage for new vaccines in increasingly complex vaccination programs. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or relatives.
Subjects: 
vaccination
child health
public policy
reminder
Denmark
JEL: 
I1
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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