The Long-Term Effects of Measles Vaccination on Earnings and Employment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Atwood, Alicia
• 署名单位: Vassar College
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20190509
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 34-60
• 关键词: childhood mortality; infectious-diseases; t-cells; HEALTH; eradication; IMPACT; memory; immunity; immunization; suppression

摘要

The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963. Take-up of the vaccine in the United States occurred quickly and universally, leading to reductions in morbidity and mortality. New biological evidence on how the measles virus interacts with our immune system indicates the impact of the measles vaccine may be underestimated. Using a difference-in-difference identification strategy, 1 find evidence the measles vaccine increased earnings and employment. Long-term follow-up of adults finds an increase in income of 1.1 percent and positive effects on employment. This increase in income is not from an increase in hours worked but rather from greater productivity.