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Knowledge, Stigma, and HIV Testing : An Analysis of a Widespread HIV/AIDS Program
Yang, Dean; Allen, James E.; Mahumane, Arlete; Riddell, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510594
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Modeling Behavior during a Pandemic : Using HIV as an Historical Analogy
Papageorge, Nicholas W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
and economics (among other fields), I propose a framework adapted from earlier work on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Analysis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585382
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The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change : Fighting HIV with MTV
Banerjee, Abhijit - 2019
changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model we show that "edutainment" can work through an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480042
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Schooling, Wealth, Risky Sexual Behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2018
leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480615
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Voting and Political Participation in the Aftermath of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Mansour, Hani - 2020
data on elections to the U.S House of Representatives and leveraging cross-district variation in HIV/AIDS mortality during … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … candidates. Beginning with the 1994 elections, there is a strong, positive association between HIV/AIDS mortality and the vote …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481066
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Education Gradients in Mortality Trends by Gender and Race
Leive, Adam A.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine gender and race differences in education-mortality trends among 25-64 year olds in the United States from 2001-2018. The data indicate that the relationships are heterogeneous with larger mortality reductions for less educated non-Hispanic blacks than other races and mixed results at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482635
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Why did HIV decline in Uganda?
Alsan, Marcella M. - 2010
Uganda is widely viewed as a public health success for curtailing its HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462486
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Binge Drinking & Sex in High School
DeSimone, Jeffrey S. - 2010
AIDS/HIV infection in school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462524
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HIV and Fertility Revisited
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - 2010
Young (2005) argues that HIV related population declines reinforced by the fertility response to the epidemic will lead to higher capital-labor ratios and to higher per capita incomes in the affected countries of Africa. Using household level data on fertility from South Africa and relying on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462541
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A Mathematical Model for Estimating the Number of Health Workers Required for Universal Antiretroviral Treatment
Bärnighausen, Till - 2009
treat HIV/AIDS (HRHA) are one of the main constraints to scaling up ART. We develop a discrete-time Markovian model to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463132