Arbeitspapier

Influenza Vaccination Behavior and Media Reporting of Adverse Events

We study the role of media reporting of alleged adverse effects of influenza vaccination on adults' (aged 50 or more) decisions to vaccinate against the flu. We exploit the diffusion of news linking suspected deaths to the vaccine, during the 2014 vaccination campaign in Italy. Using daily variation in news items across the 2014 campaign and the previous year campaign, unaffected by media cases, we show that media reporting decreases flu vaccination by about 2.5% (78 fewer vaccinations per day). The effect, however, is short-lived, as it fades away after approximately 10 days from the news outbreak.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13636

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Demographic Economics: General
Thema
influenza
vaccination
mass media

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Brilli, Ylenia
Lucifora, Claudio
Russo, Antonio
Tonello, Marco
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Brilli, Ylenia
  • Lucifora, Claudio
  • Russo, Antonio
  • Tonello, Marco
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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