The Psychological Gains from COVID-19 Vaccination: Who Benefits the Most?
| Autor: | Velichka Dimitrova, Manuel Bagues |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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FOS: Computer and information sciences
Panel survey Prioritization 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak education.field_of_study Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Population Statistics - Applications Vaccination Psychological well-being Pandemic Medicine Applications (stat.AP) business education Demography |
| Popis: | We quantify the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on psychological well-being using information from a large-scale panel survey representative of the UK population. Exploiting exogenous variation in the timing of vaccinations, we find that vaccination increases psychological well-being (GHQ-12) by 0.12 standard deviation, compensating for around one-half of the overall decrease caused by the pandemic. This effect persists for at least two months, and it is associated with a decrease in the perceived likelihood of contracting COVID-19 and higher engagement in social activities. The improvement is 1.5 times larger for mentally distressed individuals, supporting the prioritization of this group in vaccination roll-outs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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