COVID-19 vaccination and protective behaviors: global evidence of risk compensation (opens in new tab)

This study uses a global survey dataset to examine risk-compensation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on mask-wearing and social distancing in relation to vaccination. We analyze responses from a period when many countries had high proportions of both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. Using the lack of vaccine access to compare behavioral differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, our analysis confirms the existence of small but significant risk-compensatin...