Nonlinear impacts of political and religious factors on COVID-19 vaccination
- Authors
- Song, Jeongseok
- Issue Date
- Apr-2023
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Keywords
- COVID-19 vaccination; nonlinearity; Protestant participation; Republican turnout
- Citation
- Applied Economics Letters
- Journal Title
- Applied Economics Letters
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/67923
- DOI
- 10.1080/13504851.2023.2206607
- ISSN
- 1350-4851
1466-4291
- Abstract
- We investigate whether COVID-19 vaccination is monotonically associated with political and religious orientations. Conspiracy theories among politically conservative groups and Evangelical Protestants have drawn considerable attention to COVID-19 vaccination. Previous research indicates that political and religious orientations can have either positive or negative effects on vaccination. We employ non-linear regression with data on Republican turnout and Protestantism in over 2,000 US counties. Our findings reveal that the relationships between COVID-19 vaccination and Republican and Evangelical Protestant inclinations follow an inverted-U shape. Furthermore, Protestant inclination has a less negative impact on COVID-19 vaccination when infection rates are high. For vaccination promotion, targeting segmented groups is preferable to solely targeting based on political and religious affiliations. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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