Covid-19 Vaccination: The Role of Crisis Experience

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We propose that crisis experience influences preferences towards COVID-19 vaccination and the speed of vaccination during the initial phase when vaccines became available. We use macro and micro data to empirically investigate our theory and introduce a novel crisis experience index. Evidence based on macro data shows that a one-standard-deviation increase in our new crisis experience index gives rise to around 10 additional administered vaccine doses per 100 citizens (around one standard deviation). Our micro-level analysis provides evidence for a microfoundation of the macro-level results, indicating that the crisis history of countries is positively correlated with preferences towards COVID-19 vaccination. Disentangling socialization effects and experience effects, we find that citizens who have experienced crises during their impressionable years (ages 18–25) have stronger preferences for being vaccinated against COVID-19 than others.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9096

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Crisis Management ; National Government Expenditures and Health ; Health Behavior ; Health and Economic Development ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Subject: Covid-19 vaccination ; crisis experience ; crisis management ; experience effects

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gründler, Klaus ; Hackenberger, Armin ; Harter, Anina ; Potrafke, Niklas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/235466
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET