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Social norms, political polarization, and vaccination attitudes: Evidence from a survey experiment in Turkey

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Kaba,  Mustafa
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Society;

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Schneider,  Sebastian O.
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Society;

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Sutter,  Matthias
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Society;

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Kaba, M., Koyuncu, M., Schneider, S. O., & Sutter, M. (2023). Social norms, political polarization, and vaccination attitudes: Evidence from a survey experiment in Turkey.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-7524-7
Abstract
This paper examines the role of social norms and political polarization in shaping vaccination attitudes and behaviors in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Using a largescale representative survey experiment in Turkey, we first show that political affiliation is a strong predictor of attitudes towards vaccination. We then use standard economic games to measure the extent of polarization caused by subjects’ attitudes towards vaccination. We find that pro- and anti-vaxxers discriminate each other substantially. Furthermore, when pro- and anti-vaxxers perceive a political difference between them, this polarization is exacerbated. Finally, using randomized informational treatments, we show that the promotion of a broadly shared social identity might mitigate this outgroup discrimination.