, most of these studies focused on economic growth with very little attention paid to health outcomes. Moreover, among the … studies that took account of health outcomes, none of them investigated the effect of FDI on child health outcomes across a … sample of African countries. However, focusing on African countries is very important because sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has …

, vaccination efficiency was lower in states with a centralized public health agency. States with a larger share of the elderly … states and place the formal analysis in the context of socio-economic drivers of vaccinations. Results show that state … states with more nursing homes per capita, in states with more COVID-19 deaths, and with more health workers. The subset of …

We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take … design around the threshold at age 65. We find that the program increases vaccination take-up by 6 percentage points, which … show that the effect on take-up is not entirely due to an income channel, and that the effect on health is mainly driven by …

depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take … vaccination rate for individuals aged less than 65. We show that this effect is not entirely driven by an income channel, but also …

Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be … the policy effectiveness that bring about improved health and living standards of the citizenry. In this paper, we study … the importance of leader characteristics and regime transitions on government's expenditure in health, and hence on infant …

vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test, and have required individuals to show certificates to access shops, restaurants … ethical concerns, the incentive effects of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes and the economy has not yet …