Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
4-2-2021
CFDP Number
2280
CFDP Update Date
7-20-2021
CFDP Pages
32
Abstract
We examine the potential for exploiting retailer location choice in targeting health interventions. Using geospatial data, we quantify proximity to vaccines created by a U.S. federal program distributing COVID-19 vaccines to commercial retail pharmacies. We assess the distributional impacts of a proposal to provide vaccines at Dollar General, a low-priced general merchandise retailer. Adding Dollar General to the federal program would substantially decrease the distance to vaccine sites for low-income, rural, and minority U.S. households, groups for which COVID-19 vaccine take-up has been disproportionately slow.
Recommended Citation
Chevalier, Judith A.; Schwartz, Jason L.; Su, Yihua; and Williams, Kevin R., "Distributional Impacts of Retail Vaccine Availability" (2021). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 2610.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/2610