Payments and freedoms: Effects of monetary and legal incentives on COVID-19 vaccination intentions in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Monetary and legal incentives have been proposed to promote COVID-19 vaccination uptake. To evaluate the suitability of incentives, an experiment with German participants examined the effects of payments (varied within subjects: 0 to 10,000 EUR) and freedoms (varied between subjects: vaccination leading vs. not leading to the same benefits as a negative test result) on the vaccination intentions of previously unvaccinated individuals (n = 782) in April 2021. While no effect could be found for freedoms, the share of participants willing to be vaccinated increased with the payment amount. However, a significant change required large rewards of 3,250 EUR or more. While monetary incentives could increase vaccination uptake by a few percentage points, the high costs of implementation challenge

SUBMITTER: Sprengholz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9129024 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature