Overcoming collective action problems in low-trust democracies can present a significant challenge as conventional policy tools of positive and negative incentives may not be effective.
In this paper we look at vaccination rollout in 2021 in Greece and exploit an exogenous demand shock in tourism that created labour market opportunities and hence a strong economic incentive that stemmed from the private sector rather than a government. Our difference-in-difference estimations suggest that these incentives causally and significantly increased vaccination uptake in treated areas. These results can better inform policymakers about effective policy design during crises.
Meet our speaker and chair
Dimitrios Minos is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at the King's Business School (previously at the Department of Political Economy) of King's College London and a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece & Cyprus, LSE. His main research interests are in the fields of development and health economics, as well as political economy. He obtained a PhD in Economics from Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany. Before joining KCL in 2017, he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University and a Teaching Assistant at Georg-August-University of Göttingen. He has also provided consulting services for a variety of national and international organizations.
Professor Vassilis Monastiriotis is Director, Hellenic Observatory Centre; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of Political Economy.
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