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Title: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-EXPERTSFOR IMPROVING VACCINE DEMAND

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2021

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DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/XJ5WP

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Abstract: We experimentally vary signals and senders to identify which combination will increase vaccine demand among a disadvantaged population in the United States – Black and White men without a college education. Our main finding is that laypeople (non-expert concordant senders) are most effective at promoting vaccination, particularly among those least willing to become vaccinated. This finding points to a trade-off between the higher qualifications of experts on the one hand, but lower social proximity to low socio-economic status populations on the other hand, which may undermine credibility in settings of low trust.

Url: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28593/w28593.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&d=9059918017165842179&ei=9nBeYIbNHM-NmwHInbj4BQ&scisig=AAGBfm1v0jnHu-4WwnkzVAFjFBWfR_9tmA&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt&hist=SD6T3SsAAAAJ:1431

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Authors: Alsan, Marcella; Eichmeyer, Sarah

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 28593

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

Pages: 1-62

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Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS, IPUMS Health Surveys - MEPS

Topics: Health, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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