What Explains Vaccination Rates in EBRD Regions?

Credit: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)By Cevat Aksoy, Maxim Chupilkin, Zsoka Koczan and Alexander PlekhanovLONDON, Dec 8 2021 (IPS) Officially reported deaths from Covid-19 started to rise again in autumn 2021 in a number of economies in the EBRD regions. While in advanced economies in Europe the mortality rate has remained low despite the pick-up in Covid-19 cases, in the EBRD regions the mortality and infection rates continued to move in tandem. Reflecting this, daily Covid-19 deaths per million population were four times higher in the EBRD regions than in advanced Europe as of November 2021. These patterns may in part reflect differences in vaccination rates. In the EBRD regions, 36 per cent of the population (of all ages) were fully vaccinated by November 15 compared with 72 per cent in advanced economies in Europe. Aggregate numbers mask significant differences within the EBRD regions, with these shares ranging from 9 per cent in Armenia to 65 per cent in Lithuania. The regression analysis conducted by Cevat Aksoy, Maxim Chupilkin and Zsoka Koczan in the EBRD’s Office of the Chief Economist links differences in vaccination rates across more than 100 economies (including 28 economies in the EBRD regions) to average beliefs about safety of vaccines. Attitudes towards vaccines are inferred from Wellcome Global Monitor, a representative survey conducted in 2018. The analysis also takes into account Covid-19 deaths, income per capita, demographi...
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