Who Doesn’t Want to be Vaccinated? Determinants of Vaccine Hesitancy During COVID-19

By Hibah Khan, Era Dabla-Norris, Frederico Lima, Alexandre Sollaci

May 6, 2021

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Hibah Khan, Era Dabla-Norris, Frederico Lima, and Alexandre Sollaci. Who Doesn’t Want to be Vaccinated? Determinants of Vaccine Hesitancy During COVID-19, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

Quick vaccine rollouts are crucial for a strong economic recovery, but vaccine hesitancy could prolong the pandemic and the need for social distancing and lockdowns. We use individual-level data from nationally representative surveys developed by YouGov and Imperial College London to empirically examine the determinants of vaccine hesitancy across 17 countries and over time. Vaccine demand depends on demographic features such as age and gender, but also on perceptions about the severity of COVID-19 and side effects of the vaccine, vaccine access, compliance with protective behaviors, overall trust in government, and how information is shared with peers. We then introduce vaccine hesitancy into an extended SIR model to assess its impact on pandemic dynamics. We find that hesitancy can increase COVID-19 infections and deaths significantly if it slows down vaccine rollouts, but has a smaller impact if all willing adults can be immunized rapidly.

Subject: Aging, COVID-19, Gender, Health, Population and demographics

Keywords: Aging, COVID-19, General vaccine acceptance, Global, Vaccine demand, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine intent, Vaccine rollout

Publication Details

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41
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Working Paper No. 2021/130
Stock No:

WPIEA2021130
ISBN:

9781513573717
ISSN:

1018-5941

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