The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes, and the economy

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 3942 - 13
• Main Authors: Oliu-Barton, Miquel, Pradelski, Bary S. R., Woloszko, Nicolas, Guetta-Jeanrenaud, Lionel, Aghion, Philippe, Artus, Patrick, Fontanet, Arnaud, Martin, Philippe, Wolff, Guntram B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.07.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/596/4130; 692/700/1538; 692/700/478/174; 706/689/159; Certificates; Communicable Disease Control; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 vaccines; Diffusion theory; Ecology, environment; Economics and Finance; France - epidemiology; Germany - epidemiology; Health; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Life Sciences; multidisciplinary; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Vaccination; Vaccines; France; Italy; Germany; Economics; SARS-CoV-2; Health policy; Epidemiology

In the COVID-19 pandemic many countries required COVID certificates, proving vaccination, recovery, or a recent negative test, to access public and private venues. We estimate their effect on vaccine uptake for France, Germany, and Italy using counterfactuals constructed via innovation diffusion the...