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Peer Effects on Vaccination Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Rural Nigeria

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  • Ryoko Sato
  • Yoshito Takasaki

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Understanding how and why social interactions influence people’s vaccination behavior is important for disease control. This paper conducts the first causal analysis of peer effects on vaccination behavior in developing countries. We created exogenous variations in peers’ vaccination behaviors by randomizing cash incentives for tetanus vaccine take-up among Nigerian women. Vaccine take-up among friends strongly increased women’s take-up. The peer effects among friends are heterogeneous according to a person’s beliefs about vaccination. We find suggestive evidence of mechanisms underlying the positive peer effects that women visit a clinic together as well as share information about the vaccine.

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  • Ryoko Sato & Yoshito Takasaki, 2019. "Peer Effects on Vaccination Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Rural Nigeria," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 68(1), pages 93-129.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/700570
    DOI: 10.1086/700570
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    1. Sasaki, Shusaku & Saito, Tomoya & Ohtake, Fumio, 2022. "Nudges for COVID-19 voluntary vaccination: How to explain peer information?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 292(C).
    2. Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan & Wüst, Miriam, 2024. "Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    3. Michael Bailey & Drew Johnston & Martin Koenen & Theresa Kuchler & Dominic Russel & Johannes Stroebel, 2020. "Social Distancing during a Pandemic: The Role of Friends," CESifo Working Paper Series 8771, CESifo.
    4. Humlum, Maria Knoth & Morthorst, Marius Opstrup & Thingholm, Peter Rønø, 2024. "Sibling spillovers and the choice to get vaccinated: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    5. Basu, Arnab K. & Chau, Nancy H. & Firsin, Oleg, 2023. "Social Connections and COVID-19 Vaccination," IZA Discussion Papers 16307, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Michael Bailey & Drew M. Johnston & Martin Koenen & Theresa Kuchler & Dominic Russel & Johannes Stroebel, 2020. "Social Networks Shape Beliefs and Behavior: Evidence from Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic," NBER Working Papers 28234, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Facciani, Matthew & Lazić, Aleksandra & Viggiano, Gracemarie & McKay, Tara, 2023. "Political network composition predicts vaccination attitudes," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 328(C).
    8. Alex Moehring & Avinash Collis & Kiran Garimella & M. Amin Rahimian & Sinan Aral & Dean Eckles, 2023. "Providing normative information increases intentions to accept a COVID-19 vaccine," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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