Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes, and the economy

  • Miquel Oliu-Barton,
  • Bary S. R. Pradelski,
  • Nicolas Woloszko,
  • Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud,
  • Philippe Aghion,
  • Patrick Artus,
  • Arnaud Fontanet,
  • Philippe Martin,
  • Guntram B. Wolff

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31394-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Many countries introduced COVID certificates that were required to access public venues. Here, the authors analyse data from France, Germany, and Italy, and estimate that these policies led to increased vaccine uptake of 6-13 percentage points with subsequent beneficial impacts on health and economic outcomes.