Anthony Bald

State Repeal of Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions and Kindergarten Vaccination Rates This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in kindergarten vaccination rates before and after US states repealed nonmedical vaccine exemptions.

Comprehensive policy changes restricting vaccine exemptions were associated with improved vaccination coverage among kindergartners during a period of elevated vaccine hesitancy. ja.ma/4phI96h

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Join us tomorrow afternoon at #2025APPAM for a great panel on health policy affecting children! Featuring our work on state vaccine policy.

Thanks to @vermontpublic.org for covering our newest research, out now in JAMA Pediatrics.

👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!

Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:

"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"

The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.

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State Repeal of Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions and Kindergarten Vaccination Rates This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in kindergarten vaccination rates before and after US states repealed nonmedical vaccine exemptions.

States that repealed nonmedical vaccine exemptions in the last decade saw kindergarten vaccination rates rise by 2 to 4 percentage points relative to nonrepeal states.

Very happy that our paper found a home at @jamapediatrics.com

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For my inaugural post on Bluesky, I’m happy to share that this fall I will join Cal State Fullerton College of Business as an Assistant Professor of Economics.

Many sunny days of research ahead! ☀️