The effect of compulsory schooling on vaccination against COVID and Influenza
D. Monsees, H. Schmitz, The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Vaccination against COVID and Influenza, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2023.
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We study the effect of education on vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza in Germany and Europe. Our identification strategy makes use of changes in compulsory schooling laws and allows to estimate local average treatment effects for individuals between 59 and 91 years of age. We find no significant effect of an additional year of schooling on vaccination status in Germany. Pooling data from Europe, we conclude that schooling increases the likelihood to vaccinate against COVID by an economically negligible effect of one percentage point (zero for influenza). However, we find indications that additional schooling increases fear of side effects from COVID vaccination.
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Monsees D, Schmitz H. The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Vaccination against COVID and Influenza. Vol 1011. RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen; 2023.
Monsees, D., & Schmitz, H. (2023). The effect of compulsory schooling on vaccination against COVID and Influenza (Vol. 1011). RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Monsees, Daniel, and Hendrik Schmitz. The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Vaccination against COVID and Influenza. Vol. 1011. Ruhr Economic Papers. RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2023.
D. Monsees and H. Schmitz, The effect of compulsory schooling on vaccination against COVID and Influenza, vol. 1011. RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2023.
Monsees, Daniel, and Hendrik Schmitz. The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Vaccination against COVID and Influenza. RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2023.
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