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Top economists in no rush to offer cash incentives for vaccination

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Top economists in no rush to offer cash incentives for vaccinationWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Australia’s top economists are reluctant to endorse the use of either cash incentives or lotteries to boost vaccination rates.

A survey of 60 leading Australian economists selected by the Economic Society has instead overwhelmingly endorsed a national advertising campaign (90%), vaccine passports for...

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