Information and vaccine hesitancy: The role of broadband Internet
- Published on 06/06/2024
- Reading time: 6 min.
Sofia Amaral‐Garcia 1, Mattia Nardotto 2, Carol Propper 3, Tommaso Valletti 4
1
European Commission ‐ Joint Research Center
i3health/Universite libre de Bruxelles
Brussels
Belgium
2
ECARES—Universite libre de Bruxelles
CEPR and CESifo
Bruxelles
Belgium
3
Imperial College London
Monash University
CEPR and IFS
London
UK
4
Imperial College London
CEPR and CESifo
London
UK
Abstract
We examine the effect of Internet diffusion on the uptake of an important public health intervention: the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. We study England between 2000 and 2011 when Internet diffusion spread rapidly and there was a high profile medical article (falsely) linking the MMR vaccine to autism. OLS estimates suggest Internet diffusion led to an increase in vaccination rates. This result is reversed after allowing for endogeneity of Internet access. The effect...
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