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Do cash transfers improve birth outcomes? : evidence from matched vital statistics, social security and program data
Amarante, Verónica; Manacorda, Marco; Miguel, Edward; … - 2011
children's birth outcomes. Using program administrative micro-data matched to longitudinal vital statistics on the universe of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523455
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Increasing rural health clinic utilization with SMS updates : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Uganda
Chicoine, Luke E.; Guzmán, Juan Carlos - 2016
This paper examines an alternative to monitoring staff at a public health clinic in rural Uganda. The program sent SMS … messages led to an increase in clinic attendance, the receipt of medicine, and reduced duration of illness for young children … aged six and under. However, these benefits are only seen for children who are the same sex as the cell phone owner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543179
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Household migration and child educational attainment : the case of Uganda
Ferrone, Lucia; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2015
matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether the migration of household members … affects child primary education and in what direction. Using the Uganda National Panel Survey for 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011 … migration of children has a significant positive impact on child school attendance rates while that of adults has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498497
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Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China
Chen, Xi - 2014
Blood collection following nonstandard operations largely increases the risks of infectious diseases through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China in the 1990s killed more than one million people. Many blood banks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423767
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Voting and political participation in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
This is the first study to examine the effect of experiencing a widespread, deadly epidemic on voting behavior. Using 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244757
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The impact of HIV/Aids on human capital investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence
Chicoine, Luke E.; Lyons, Emily; Sahue, Alexia - 2020
The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by Fortson (2011) to examine the impact of mortality risk on human capital investment during the deadliest period of the pandemic. We combine Demographic Health Survey data from 30...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267597
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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War, migration and the origins of the Thai sex industry
Brodeur, Abel; Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Zylberberg, Yanos - 2017
This paper analyzes the determinants behind the spatial distribution of the sex industry in Thailand. We relate the development of the sex industry to an early temporary demand shock, i.e., U.S. military presence during the Vietnam War. Comparing the surroundings of Thai military bases used by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641413
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Positively aware? : conflicting expert reviews and demand for medical treatment
Balat, Jorge F.; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Qayyum, Shaiza - 2017
We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709785
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Medical innovation and health disparities
Hamilton, Barton Hughes; Hincapié, Andrés; Kalish, Emma C. - 2022
Health-maximizing and welfare-maximizing behaviors can be at odds, especially among disadvantaged groups, generating health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We evaluate an effective HIV treatment innovation that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453985