期刊名称：CEMFI Working Papers / Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, Madrid
出版年度：2017
卷号：2017
出版社：Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, Madrid
摘要：In July 2011, the Pakistani public unexpectedly learnt that the CIA had used a vaccination campaignas cover during the operations to locate and capture Osama Bin Laden. This episode lent credibilityto conspiracy theories against vaccines that had been spread by the Taliban. We evaluate the effectsof these events on immunization by implementing a Difference-in-Differences strategy across cohortsand regions. We find that vaccination rates declined 9 to 13% per standard deviation in Islamistparties' support. These results suggest that the disclosure of information discrediting vaccinationcampaigns can negatively affect trust in health services and demand for immunization.
