1. The Vaccination Kuznets Curve: Do vaccination rates rise and fall with income?
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Sakai, Yutaro
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VACCINATION of children , *HEALTH & economic status , *POPULATION research , *INCOME , *MEDICAL care , *PREVENTION of communicable diseases in children - Abstract
This paper presents a new stylized fact about the relationship between income and childhood vaccination. It shows vaccination rates first rise but then fall as income increases. This pattern is observed in WHO country-level panel data, and in US county-level panel and individual-level repeated cross-section data. This data pattern suggests that both low and high-income parents are less likely to follow the standard vaccination schedule, and that such behavior is reflected in the vaccination rate at the population level. I provide several alternative explanations as to why we observe this data pattern, including avoidance measures, medical care, and social segregation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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