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This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of private HIV information on sexual activity showing how the private information provided by a public testing program would change the allocation of information generated in absence o fthe program.
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and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique cannot be used directly, however, if the outcome is binary and the coefficients …
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We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities …
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Two explanations for the weakening of the nuclear family are increased state support of poor unmarried mothers, and increased wage earning opportunities for women relative to those available for men. This paper tests both of these hypotheses by estimating a model for the joint determination of...
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The literature evaluating population and health policies is in flux, with many disciplines exploring biological and …, health outcomes, and reproductive behavior, which operate in many directions. The connection between conditions under which … people live and their expected life span and health status refer to “health production functions”. The relationships between …
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This study considers the links between primary indicators of health and individual labor productivity in Colombia and … explores how additional public expenditures on health may improve individuals' health. Sample statistics how that illness …
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