Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Valuing vaccination Using money as a motivation for the public to get vaccinated is controversial and has had mixed results in studies, few of which have been randomized trials. To test the effect of money as an incentive to obtain a vaccine, Campos-Mercade et al . set up a study in Sweden in 2021, when various age groups were first made eligible to receive the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 vaccine (see the Perspective by Jecker). The effect of a small cash reward, around US $24, was compared with the effect of several behavioral nudges. The outcome of this preregistered, randomized clinical trial was that money had the power to increase participation by about 4 percentage points. Nudging and reminding didn’t seem to be deleterious and even had a small positive effect. Of course, the question of whether it is ethical to pay people to be vaccinated like this needs to be addressed. —CA
Source: Science
Institutions: University of Copenhagen, University of Basel, Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne, University of Lausanne, University of Zurich, Columbia University, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Chicago, Lund University, Hanken School of Economics
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Chicago, Universität Basel, National Research Foundation, Public Health Agency, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Danmarks Grundforskningsfond, Lunds Universitet, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Université de Lausanne, Universität Zürich, Folkhälsomyndigheten
OpenAlex ID: W3203168613