@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12525, author={White, Corey}, title={Measuring Social and Externality Benefits of in Influenza Vaccination}, year={2019}, month={Aug}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12525}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12525}, abstract={Vaccination represents a canonical example of externalities in economics, yet there are few estimates of their magnitudes. I estimate social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination in two settings. First, using a natural experiment, I estimate the impacts of aggregate vaccination rates on mortality and work absences in the United States. Second, I examine a setting with large potential externality benefits: vaccination mandates for health care workers. I find that the social benefits of vaccination are substantial, most of benefits operate through an externality, and that the benefits of health care worker vaccination are particularly large. }, keywords={flu;influenza;vaccination;vaccine;externality;health}, }