Arbeitspapier
The backfiring effects of monetary and gift incentives on Covid-19 vaccination willingness
Policies offering material incentives for Covid-19 vaccination have been widely used around the world as countries pursue the pressing objective of boosting immunity. This paper reports an experiment in China aimed at testing the effects of such interventions on vaccination willingness. We provide the first Covid-19 vaccine study to separately consider and directly compare the effects of both monetary and gift-based incentives, both of which have been commonly employed in practice. Results from a sample of 1,365 individuals suggest that incentives in the range of 8-125 USD backfire, inducing lower vaccination willingness than simply offering vaccines for free. The effects of money and gifts of equivalent value do not significantly differ. We compare our results against the burgeoning literature on Covid-19 vaccine incentives, and demonstrate that the negative effects we identify are stronger than those observed to date in other populations.
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Englisch
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Series: CeDEx Discussion Paper Series ; No. 2022-14
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- Thema
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Covid-19
Vaccine willingness
Incentives
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Zhanga, Xinrui
Lane, Tom
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Veröffentlichung
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The University of Nottingham, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)
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Nottingham
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Zhanga, Xinrui
- Lane, Tom
- The University of Nottingham, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)
Entstanden
- 2022
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