Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency
This paper explores some economic variables that determine the emerging of new COVID-19 variants and the determinants of vaccination advances in 108 countries during a quarterly period from March 2020 to March 2022. We found that more people being fully vaccinated and more education (measured as sch...
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| description | This paper explores some economic variables that determine the emerging of new COVID-19 variants and the determinants of vaccination advances in 108 countries during a quarterly period from March 2020 to March 2022. We found that more people being fully vaccinated and more education (measured as schooling years) decrease the probability of the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, but more crowded cities and higher percentages of urban population increase that probability. Furthermore, we found that the percentage of fully vaccinated people depends positively on the country’s preparation to respond to a health crisis, educational levels, and the index of economic complexity (which measures how diverse in the production of goods and services a country is and the level of its infrastructure), and it depends negatively on the percentage of rural populations (which makes vaccination more difficult). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc075e2caafb4b3e87fb8fa7d8ef9c162023-11-16T23:41:47ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-01-0111224810.3390/vaccines11020248Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and EfficiencyAldo Ramirez-Zamudio0Elmer Sanchez Davila1Department of Economics, Universidad de Lima, Av. Javier Prado Este 4600, Lima 15023, PeruDepartment of Economics, University of Talca, Av. Lircay S/N, Talca 3460000, ChileThis paper explores some economic variables that determine the emerging of new COVID-19 variants and the determinants of vaccination advances in 108 countries during a quarterly period from March 2020 to March 2022. We found that more people being fully vaccinated and more education (measured as schooling years) decrease the probability of the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, but more crowded cities and higher percentages of urban population increase that probability. Furthermore, we found that the percentage of fully vaccinated people depends positively on the country’s preparation to respond to a health crisis, educational levels, and the index of economic complexity (which measures how diverse in the production of goods and services a country is and the level of its infrastructure), and it depends negatively on the percentage of rural populations (which makes vaccination more difficult).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/248vaccinescovidvariants |
| spellingShingle | Aldo Ramirez-Zamudio Elmer Sanchez Davila Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency Vaccines vaccines covid variants |
| title | Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency |
| title_full | Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency |
| title_fullStr | Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency |
| title_short | Lessons from COVID’S Vaccination: External-Internal Frictions and Efficiency |
| title_sort | lessons from covid s vaccination external internal frictions and efficiency |
| topic | vaccines covid variants |
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