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Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013

higher HIV risk among violent men; neither women’s decreased ability to protect themselves from HIV transmission within …, but the fact that violent men are more likely to become HIV positive and then infect their wives. Programs that aim at … reducing HIV by eliminating IPV should therefore also focus on men’s risky sexual behavior.<p> …

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How much is too much? - An investigation of the effect of the number of choice sets, starting point and the choice of bid vectors in choice experiments

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

In a split sample design, we examine how the number of choice sets, design of the first choice set (starting point), and the choice of attribute levels in the cost attribute affect the precision in the elicited preferences in otherwise completely identical choice experiment surveys. These issues...

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Household fuel choice in urban China: A random effect generalized probit analysis

Zhang, Xiao-Bing; Hassen, Sied - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014

Using seven rounds of household survey data that span more than a decade, this paper analyzes the determinants of household fuel choice in urban China. Unlike the existing studies, we use an empirical strategy that takes into account the potential heterogeneous effects of socio-economic factors...

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Optimal Expectations and the Welfare Cost of Climate Variability

Alem, Yonas; Colmer, Jonathan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013

Uncertainty about the future is an important determinant of well-being,especially in developing countries where financial markets and other market failures result in ineffective insurance mechanisms. However, separating the effects of future uncertainty from realised events, and then measuring...

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Life Satisfaction in Urban Ethiopia: Trends and determinants

Alem, Yonas; Köhlin, Gunnar - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

Most studies of subjective well-being in developing countries use cross-sectional data, which makes it difficult to control for unobserved individual heterogeneity. In this paper, we use three rounds of panel data and robust non-linear panel data models to investigate the trends and determinants...

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Using stated preference methods to evaluate the impact of water on health: the case of metropolitan Cairo

Abou-Ali, Hala - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

This paper analysis the impact of better water quality on health improvements using two stated preference methods: choice experiments and the contingent valuation method. These methods were administered to a random sample of 1500 households living in metropolitan Cairo, Egypt. The results...

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Do Experience and Cheap Talk influence Willingness to Pay in an Open-Ended Contingent Valuation Survey?

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

In this paper we analyze the effect of information on respondents’ willingness to pay to avoid power outages in Sweden, by employing an open-ended contingent valuation survey.Two aspects of information are tested; (i) if increased experience from power outages manifested by one of the worst...

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A Dynamic Tobit Model of Female Labor Supply

Islam, Nizamul - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007

A dynamic Tobit model is applied to longitudinal data to estimate the hours of work of married women in Sweden during 1992-2001. Hours of work are found to be negatively related to fertility. Other characteristics of married women are also found to have an effect on labor supply. Inter- temporal...

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The Demand for Intercity Public Transport: The Case of Business Passengers

Carlsson, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 1999

Using a stated preference survey on business passengers travelling with rail or air between the two largest cities in Sweden, we investigate business passengers' preferences for different modes of transport and their corresponding attributes. We explore the usefulness of a more flexible...

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Evaluating the welfare effects of improved water quality using the choice experiment method

Abou-Ali, Hala; Carlsson, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

This paper analyzes the welfare effects of improved health status through increased water quality using a choice experiment. The survey was administered to a random sample of households in metropolitan Cairo, Egypt. We apply a random parameter logit model in the analysis and illustrate the...

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