Distributional Impacts of Retail Vaccine Availability / Judith A. Chevalier, Jason L. Schwartz, Yihua Su, Kevin R. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chevalier, Judith A.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Schwartz, Jason L.

Su, Yihua.

Williams, Kevin R.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28835.

NBER working paper series no. w28835

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.

Summary:

As countries transition from facing COVID-19 vaccine supply shortfalls to requiring novel strategies to facilitate vaccination, modern retail chains--often designed and located to target particular demographic groups--are a potential vaccine delivery vehicle. Using geospatial data, we quantify the proximity to vaccines created by a U.S. federal program that distributes vaccines to commercial retail pharmacies. We then quantify the impact of a proposal to provide vaccines at Dollar General, a low-priced general merchandise retailer. We show that adding Dollar General to the federal program would substantially decrease the distance to vaccine sites for low-income and minority U.S. households.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2021.