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Anticipation of COV...
Anticipation of COVID-19 vaccines reduces willingness to socially distance
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- Andersson, Ola (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Uppsala University,Research Institute of Industrial Economics,UCFS,Res Inst Ind Econ, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Campos-Mercade, Pol (author)
- University of Copenhagen,Univ Copenhagen, Dept Econ, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Meier, Armando (author)
- University of Lausanne,University of Basel,Univ Lausanne, Unisante, Lausanne, Switzerland.;Univ Basel, Fac Business & Econ, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Wengström, Erik (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Department of Economics,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Hanken School of Economics,Lund Univ, Dept Econ, Lund, Sweden.;Hanken Sch Econ, Dept Finance & Econ, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Elsevier BV, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Journal of Health Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0167-6296 .- 1879-1646. ; 80
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- We investigate how the anticipation of COVID-19 vaccines affects voluntary social distancing. In a large-scale preregistered survey experiment with a representative sample, we study whether providing information about the safety, effectiveness, and availability of COVID-19 vaccines affects the willingness to comply with public health guidelines. We find that vaccine information reduces peoples’ voluntary social distancing, adherence to hygiene guidelines, and their willingness to stay at home. Getting positive information on COVID-19 vaccines induces people to believe in a swifter return to normal life. The results indicate an important behavioral drawback of successful vaccine development: An increased focus on vaccines can lower compliance with public health guidelines and accelerate the spread of infectious disease. The results imply that, as vaccinations roll out and the end of a pandemic feels closer, policies aimed at increasing social distancing will be less effective, and stricter policies might be required.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Vaccine information
- Social distancing
- Vaccination
- Information
- Economic epidemiology
- Public health communication
- I12
- I18
- D83
- D91
- Vaccine information
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- ref (subject category)
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