The impact of COVID-19 vaccination for mental well-being.
Eur Econ Rev
; 150: 104293, 2022 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2121139
ABSTRACT
We examine the impact of vaccination against Covid-19 for mental health. Our estimates suggest that vaccination led to a significant and substantive improvement in mental health. These positive impacts were however concentrated on those most at risk of hospitalisation and death from Covid-19, namely older and clinically vulnerable groups. Our proposed explanation is that in the absence of vaccination, anxiety about contracting COVID-19 has a deleterious impact on the mental health of this cohort. On the other hand, vaccination was much less impactful for the mental health of those least at risk from Covid-19. This may help to explain vaccine hesitancy amongst young people. For this group, a lack of uptake may be principally due to a lack of perceived benefits (and indeed perceived costs) for their own well-being as opposed to vaccine hesitancy.
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur Econ Rev
Year:
2022
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J.euroecorev.2022.104293
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