Table 5 Estimation of the impact of health altruism on the vaccination rate of EU countries corresponding to each month since the start of vaccination on 8 December 2020

Vaccination rate

Date

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

7/1/21

7/2/21

7/3/21

7/4/21

7/5/21

7/6/21

7/7/21

7/8/21

Transplants

13,808

-19,574

-13,254

-50,554

-48,055

12,386

243,583

440,820**

(9,009)

(17,617)

(39,004)

(117,786)

(175,916)

(201,968)

(195,321)

(189,993)

Polarization Index

-0.160

-0.396

-1.073

-2.339

-2.573

-2.331

-4.206

-5.857*

(0.197)

(0.424)

(0.944)

(2.840)

(3.811)

(3.998)

(3.267)

(3.195)

Former Eastern Bloc

0.122

-0.392

-0.651

-0.832

-4.146

-7.637**

-15.91***

-19.86***

(0.152)

(0.328)

(0.696)

(1.896)

(2.627)

(2.765)

(2.796)

(2.796)

Constant

0.879

5.263**

12.65**

27.19*

42.45**

55.25***

73.93***

87.01***

(0.869)

(2.265)

(4.905)

(14.25)

(18.52)

(19.15)

(14.39)

(14.14)

Observations

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

R-square

0.091

0.181

0.141

0.087

0.144

0.274

0.641

0.756

Vaccination rate

Date

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

7/9/21

7/10/21

7/11/21

7/12/21

7/1/22

7/2/22

7/3/22

7/4/22

Transplants

599,948***

600,481***

569,776**

545,537**

521,730**

468,392**

436,847**

414,240**

(201,950)

(203,854)

(207,967)

(209,018)

(206,180)

(203,250)

(190,999)

(177,106)

Polarization Index

-6.154*

-5.878

-6.368*

-6.114*

-6.164*

-5.768*

-5.596*

-5.434*

(3.423)

(3.454)

(3.400)

(3.197)

(3.161)

(3.252)

(3.207)

(3.121)

Former Eastern Bloc

-21.20***

-20.55***

-18.94***

-17.87***

-18.31***

-19.29***

-19.30***

-19.20***

(3.044)

(2.996)

(3.127)

(2.986)

(3.006)

(2.998)

(2.921)

(2.836)

Constant

90.50***

91.08***

95.31***

96.33***

98.83***

99.74***

99.81***

99.61***

(15.04)

(15.14)

(14.74)

(13.57)

(13.49)

(14.27)

(14.39)

(14.30)

Observations

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

R-square

0.755

0.751

0.720

0.719

0.720

0.726

0.730

0.737