An Analysis of Peer Effects on Vaccination Behavior Using a Model of Privaltely Provided Public Goods

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285089
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: ITAYA JUNICHI 北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (20168305)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYAZATO Naomi 日本大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60399532) ; Ibuka Yoko 慶応大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20612279)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: peer effect / 公共財 / ワクチン接種行動 / 自発的供給

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is to empirically and theoretically investigate how peer effects play in vaccination decisions of individuals using a model of privately provided public goods. Using the data set regarding the vaccination behavior of neighbors residing in the same block of Itoman city in Okinawa prefecture has peer effects on individual vaccination decisions. The second empirical result reveals that an inmate of the same house has peer effects on the vaccination decisions of cohabiters using the data set from online national survey.

Free Research Field

公共経済学