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Date
2023-05Type
- Journal Article
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Abstract
Can civic-minded individuals fight against a pandemic? In this paper, we show that civic capital plays an important role when assessing the level of compliance with COVID-19 vaccination recommendations. Analyzing data on a large sample of municipalities from the Italian region of Lombardy, we show that the share of vaccinated individuals is significantly higher in municipalities with higher pre-determined levels of civic capital. These findings are robust to the possibility of spatial spillovers across neighboring municipalities. Our findings contribute to the existing evidence highlighting the importance of individual contributions and civic capital as important behavioral determinants affecting the containment of infectious diseases. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000602551Publication status
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Journal / series
Health EconomicsVolume
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Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellSubject
civic capital; containment measures; COVID-19; diffusion models; SARS-CoV-2Organisational unit
09627 - Ash, Elliott / Ash, Elliott
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