One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more … quickly absorb new information about health technology. The MMR controversy in the UK provides a case where, for a brief … children, could have potentially serious side-effects. As the controversy set in, uptake of the MMR vaccine by more educated …

One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short …

One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more … quickly absorb new information about health technology. The MMR controversy in the UK provides a case where, for a brief … children, could have potentially serious side-effects. As the controversy set in, uptake of the MMR vaccine by more educated …

children’s health, educational attainment and likelihood of engaging in problem behaviour and criminal activity in later life …. Low birth weight was also found to impact on children’s long-term health and cognitive development. Subsequent pregnancies … factors were guided by the funders, the Department of Health, as being of particular interest in the UK context. Relevant …

. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or …A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and … three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination …

We investigate the effects of the introduction of a population-wide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program on …