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Replication data for: The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence

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Title Replication data for: The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27921
 
Creator Dykstra, Sarah
Glassman, Amanda
Kenny, Charles
Sandefur, Justin
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Since 2001, an aid consortium known as Gavi has accounted for over half of vaccination expenditure in the 75 eligible countries with an initial per capita GNI below $1,000. Regression discontinuity (RD) estimates show aid significantly displaced other immunization efforts and failed to increase vaccination rates for diseases covered by cheap, existing vaccines. For some newer and more expensive vaccines, i.e., Hib and rotavirus, we found large effects on vaccination and limited fungibility, though statistical significance is not robust. These RD estimates apply to middle-income countries near Gavi's eligibility threshold, and cannot rule out differential effects for the poorest countries.
 
Subject aid
vaccination
immunization
fungibility
regression discontinuity
 
Date 2014-11