Artículo
The effect of altruism on COVID‑19 vaccination rates
Autor/es | Hierro Recio, Luis Ángel
Patiño Rodríguez, David Atienza Montero, Pedro Garzón Gordón, Antonio José Cantarero, David |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Economía e Historia Económica |
Fecha de publicación | 2023 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-03-15 |
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Premios | Premio Trimestral Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales |
Resumen | Background: After the emergence of the first vaccines against the COVID-19, public health authorities have promoted
mass vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity and reduce the effects of the disease. Vaccination ... Background: After the emergence of the first vaccines against the COVID-19, public health authorities have promoted mass vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity and reduce the effects of the disease. Vaccination rates have differed between countries, depending on supply (availability of resources) and demand (altruism and resistance to vaccination) factors. Methods: This work considers the hypothesis that individuals’ health altruism has been an important factor to explain the different levels of vaccination between countries, using the number of transplants as a proxy for altruism. Taking European Union’s countries to remove, as far as possible, supply factors that might affect vaccination, we carry out cross-sectional regressions for the most favorable date of the vaccination process (maximum vaccination speed) and for each month during the vaccination campaign. Results: Our findings confirm that altruism has affected vaccination rates against the COVID-19. We find a direct relationship between transplants rates (proxy variable) and vaccination rates during periods in which the decision to be vaccinated depended on the individual’s choice, without supply restrictions. The results show that other demand factors have worked against vaccination: political polarization and belonging to the group of countries of the former Eastern bloc. Conclusions: Altruism is a useful tool to define future vaccination strategies, since it favors the individuals’ awareness for vaccination. |
Agencias financiadoras | Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla |
Identificador del proyecto | INNVAL20/03 |
Asociado a la publicación | Hierro Recio, L.Á., Patiño Rodríguez, D.,...,Cantarero, D. (2022). The effect of altruism on COVID-19 vaccination rates (Dataset). idUS (Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla). https://doi.org/10.12795/11441/134624 |
Cita | Hierro Recio, L.Á., Patiño Rodríguez, D., Atienza Montero, P., Garzón Gordón, A.J. y Cantarero, D. (2023). The effect of altruism on COVID‑19 vaccination rates. Health Economics Review, 13, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-022-00415-6. |
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