Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273426 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1308
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Pakistan is one of only three countries that have failed to stop the transmission of poliovirus and experienced a surge of polio paralysis in 2019. Meanwhile, misconceptions persist about the safety and efficacy of vaccines in Pakistan and elsewhere. Our study investigates the effect of remittances on the likelihood a household vaccinate its children against polio and measles/mumps/rubella (MMR). Based on data from a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in Punjab in 2014, we isolate the effect of receiving remittances using distance and exact matching. We find that access to remittances increases the likelihood of vaccinating male children against polio by about 11 percentage points and against MMR by about 12.5 percentage points. Unfortunately, remittances do not significantly improve vaccinations of girls. The results imply that vaccination campaigns - including campaigns to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2 - should focus on communities without migration experience and vaccinating girls.
Subjects: 
Remittances
Vaccines
Polio
Gender
Pakistan
JEL: 
F24
O15
I15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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