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Covid-19 vaccine uptake: the role of civic capital to overcome the free rider problem

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  • Joaquín Paseyro Mayol
  • Tiziano Razzolini

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Vaccination rates are likely to reflect the expected benefits and drawbacks for individuals. As a larger share of the population gets vaccinated, individuals have more incentives to free ride and benefit from the positive externalities of a high vaccination rate, while not being affected by the potential harms of receiving vaccination. Using Covid-19 vaccination data at the municipality level in the Italian region of Lombardy, we show that communities with a higher level of civic capital were able to overcome this collective action problem. An indirect measure of the willingness to contribute to a public good (i.e. the share of residents paying the TV licence) proves to be particularly useful to predict the success of vaccination campaigns.

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  • Joaquín Paseyro Mayol & Tiziano Razzolini, 2024. "Covid-19 vaccine uptake: the role of civic capital to overcome the free rider problem," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(8), pages 750-756, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:8:p:750-756
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2146647
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