Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria

This paper experimentally evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of tetanus vaccination compared to monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. We compare vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash incentives: clinic attendance vs. vaccine take-up. Because the only differenc...

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Main Authors:	Sato, Ryoko, Takasaki, Yoshito
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	VACCINATION PSYCHIC COST ECONOMIC BARRIER MONETARY COST
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35417

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spelling	okr-10986-354172021-04-23T14:02:21Z Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria Sato, Ryoko Takasaki, Yoshito VACCINATION PSYCHIC COST ECONOMIC BARRIER MONETARY COST This paper experimentally evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of tetanus vaccination compared to monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. We compare vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash incentives: clinic attendance vs. vaccine take-up. Because the only difference between these two conditions is whether a woman was required to receive a vaccine upon arrival at the clinic, the difference in clinic attendance between these two groups captures the psychic costs of vaccination. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find no evidence for significant psychic costs. Priming about disease severity increases the perceived severity of disease, but not vaccine take-up. Monetary costs strongly affect vaccination decisions. 2021-04-09T17:53:38Z 2021-04-09T17:53:38Z 2019-10 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35417 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Nigeria
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description	This paper experimentally evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of tetanus vaccination compared to monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. We compare vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash incentives: clinic attendance vs. vaccine take-up. Because the only difference between these two conditions is whether a woman was required to receive a vaccine upon arrival at the clinic, the difference in clinic attendance between these two groups captures the psychic costs of vaccination. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find no evidence for significant psychic costs. Priming about disease severity increases the perceived severity of disease, but not vaccine take-up. Monetary costs strongly affect vaccination decisions.
format	Journal Article
author	Sato, Ryoko Takasaki, Yoshito
author_facet	Sato, Ryoko Takasaki, Yoshito
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title	Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
title_short	Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
title_full	Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
title_sort	psychic versus economic barriers to vaccine take-up : evidence from a field experiment in nigeria
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2021
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35417
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Psychic versus Economic Barriers to Vaccine Take-Up : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria

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