TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan
AU  - Wüst, Miriam
        TI  - Reminder Design and Childhood Vaccination Coverage
        PY  - 2023/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15877
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15877
        AB  - A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination coverage. Retrospective reminders are primarily effective for families with small children and when sent out close to the recommended vaccination age. Digital and postal reminders are equally effective. Prospective reminders increase timely vaccinations in later childhood and help reaching high coverage for new vaccines in increasingly complex vaccination programs. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or relatives.
        KW  - vaccination
KW  - child health
KW  - public policy
KW  - reminder
KW  - Denmark
        ER  -