In the last few years, rising vaccine hesitancy levels have contributed to decreased vaccination coverage for common pathogens in the general population, and specifically among minors. During the COVID pandemic, the debate on childhood vaccination was particularly heated and polarized. A survey experiment conducted during the pandemic by, among others, Bocconi scholars Chiara Chiavenna, Alessia Melegaro, and Maria Cucciniello, shows how the provision of information can have small to null effects in changing parents’ mind about vaccinating their children.

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