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Title: Three Essays in Health Economics: Evidence from U.S. Vaccination Policy

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: In the United States, achieving and maintaining high population immunization rates for a number of vaccines has become a public health priority, and this has resulted in the implementation of a broad set of vaccination policies. In this dissertation I rigorously examine several such policies that have been widely implemented in the United States in the past few decades. Through the application of established empirical methodologies, I am able to estimate the causal effects of these policies on a range of outcomes, and my results have clear policy implications. The first chapter, Effectiveness of Vaccination Recommendations versus Mandates: Evidence from the hepatitis A vaccine, provides novel evidence on the effectiveness of two vaccination policies targeted at infants and very young children– simple non-binding recommendations to vaccinate . . .

Url: https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06152018-164325/unrestricted/Lawler.pdf

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Authors: Lawler, Emily, C

Institution: Vanderbilt University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Kitt Carpenter

Degree: Ph.D

Publisher Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Pages: 184

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Topics: Health, Other, Population Health and Health Systems

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