Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ngo, Vu M.
Author-Email: vunm@ueh.edu.vn
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City 
Author-Name: Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Author-Email: klaus.f.zimmermann@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: CEPR, Global Labor Organization (GLO), and UNU-MERIT  
Author-Name: Nguyen, Phuc V.
Author-Email: p.nguyen@massey.ac.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Massey University, and Global Labor Organization (GLO) 
Author-Name: Huynh, Toan L.D.
Author-Email: toanhld@ueh.edu.vn
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, WHU – Otto
	 Beisheim School of Management, IPAG Business School, and Global Labor
	 Organization (GLO)
Author-Name: Nguyen, Huan H.
Author-Email: huannguyen@ueh.edu.vn
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City
Title: How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Abstract: Since vaccination is the decisive factor for controlling the COVID-19
	 pandemic, it is important to understand the process to vaccination
	 success. We identify a variety of factors playing a crucial role
	 including the availability of vaccines, pandemic pressures, economic
	 strength (GDP), educational development and political regimes. Examining
	 the speed of vaccinations across countries, we find that initially
	 authoritarian countries are slow in the vaccination process, while
	 education is most relevant for scaling up the campaign and financial
	 strength of the economies drive them to higher vaccination rates.
Classification-JEL: D72, C30, P16, I19
Keywords:  COVID-19, educational development, political regimes, vaccination
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20211125
Number: 2021-046
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2021/wp2021-046.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2021046