TY  - RPRT
        AU  - White, Corey
        TI  - Measuring Social and Externality Benefits of in Influenza Vaccination
        PY  - 2019/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12525
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12525
        AB  - 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. 
        KW  - flu
KW  - influenza
KW  - vaccination
KW  - vaccine
KW  - externality
KW  - health
        ER  -