The theory that health behaviors spread through social groups implies that efforts to control
COVID-19 through vaccination will succeed if people believe that others in their groups are …

As of December 2021, all former Communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe
were still lagging behind in terms of COVID-19 vaccination rates in Europe. Can institutional …

Public policies use communication campaigns to affect individual behavior. We analyze how
providing women with information on the beneficial effects of using formal childcare may …

We study two interventions in Bei**g, China, that provide patients with information on
antibiotic resistance via text message to discourage the overuse of antibiotics. The …

In this paper we examine whether a health passport that increases the cost of not getting
vaccinated, can change the individual trade-off in favor of vaccination. To address this …

Over three years since the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved, many countries still have
suboptimal vaccination rates despite holding great amounts of vaccines. Overall, there is …

Introduction Vaccine hesitancy, an important threat to global health, has increased since the
onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The public vaccination of high-profile figures, such as …

We document the diffusion of nebulized ibuprofen in Argentina as a treatment for COVID-19.
As the pandemic spread, this clinically unsupported drug reached thousands of patients …

Prosocial persuasion has emerged as a significant focus in health communication,
particularly regarding the promotion of vaccination. Recent studies on COVID-19 vaccination …

We explore physicians' role in moderating compliance with recommended vaccinations.
Using administrative data on the universe of Danish children and their healthcare providers …