%0 Report
        %A Humlum, Maria Knoth
%A Morthorst, Marius Opstrup
%A Thingholm, Peter Rønø
        %T Sibling Spillovers and the Choice to Get Vaccinated: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
        %D 2022
        %8 2022 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 15109
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15109
        %X We investigate the effects of the introduction of a population-wide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program on the vaccine take-up of the targeted group of 15-year-old girls and their older sisters. For identification, we rely on a regression discontinuity design and high-quality Danish administrative data to exploit that date of birth determines program eligibility. We find that the program increased the HPV vaccine take-up of both the targeted girls and their older sisters. While the direct effects of the program reduced vaccine-takeup inequality, the spillover effects, in contrast, contributed to an increase in vaccine take-up inequality.
        %K health investments
%K health behavior
%K peer effects
%K sibling spillovers
%K HPV
%K vaccine
%K health inequality