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HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa has been closely associated with adverse economic effects, and could thwart the success of … poverty reduction initiatives. HIV/AIDS is fast eroding the health benefits, which Kenya gained in the first two decades of … independence. The paper explores the different channels through which HIV/AIDS affects economic growth in a low-income country like …
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This study examines the claim that the AIDS epidemic will slow the pace of economic growth. We do this by examining the … prevalence of AIDS and the rate of growth of GDP per capita. Our analysis uses well- established empirical growth models to … control for a variety of factors possibly correlated with AIDS prevalence that might also influence growth. We also account …
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Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility, whereas within estimates that are identified of off … time-series variation show both positive and negative results depending on the HIV/AIDS variable used. These within …
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Because individuals with HIV are more likely to fall into poverty, and the poor may be at higher risk of contracting HIV, simple estimates of the effect of HIV status on economic outcomes will tend to be biased. In this paper, we use two econometric methods based on the propensity score to...
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We document the impact of the AIDS crisis on non-AIDS related health services in fourteen sub-Saharan African countries … correlated with increases in AIDS prevalence. Regions of countries that have light AIDS burdens have witnessed small or no …
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Employment growth could reduce violence during civil conflicts. To determine if increased employment affects violence we analyzed varying employment in development programs run by different US military divisions in Iraqi districts. Employment levels vary with funding periods and the military...
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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is the single most effective HIV prevention intervention in practice today. Nonetheless, little reliable empirical evidence exists on the behavioral effects of PMTCT. This paper documents the rapid expansion of access to PMTCT in Zambia...
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Eleven percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used one quarter of the time. A choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed to analyze the Malawian epidemic. In the developed framework, people select...
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We argue that in pharmaceutical markets, variation in the arrival time of consumer heterogeneity creates differences between a producer's ability to extract consumer surplus with preventives and treatments, potentially distorting R&D decisions. If consumers vary only in disease risk, revenue...
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