2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Social and individual decision making on influenza vaccination
| Project/Area Number |
23830025
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
IBUKA Yoko 一橋大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 講師 (20612279)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 外部性 / 費用助成 / インフルエンザ / 予防接種 / 政策効果 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this project is to address how vaccination subsidies influence people vaccination behavior as well as health outcomes in the community. Using municipality-level panel dataset in Japan, I found that subsidies for the elderly significantly reduced the duration of “high alert” for influenza epidemic by approximately 20%, suggesting the availability of subsides had a positive impact on community-wide health outcomes.
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