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When Death Was Postponed : The Effect of HIV Medication on Work, Savings, and Marriage
Ejrnæs, Mette; García-Miralles, Esteban; Gørtz, Mette; … - 2023
Longer life expectancy can affect individuals' incentives to work, save, and marry, net of any changes in their underlying health. We test this hypothesis by using the sudden arrival of a new treatment in 1995 that dramatically increased life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. We compare...
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Adverse Selection in the Marriage Market : HIV Testing and Marriage in Rural Malawi
Angelucci, Manuela - 2020
endogenous response to HIV risk may explain why the HIV/AIDS epidemic has coincided with systematic marriage and pregnancy delays …
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The Impact of Hiv/Aids on Human Capital Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : New Evidence
Chicoine, Luke - 2020
The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by … the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825005
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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/10012829210
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War, Migration and the Origins of the Thai Sex Industry
Brodeur, Abel - 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/10012959032
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The Macroeconomics of Targeting : The Case of an Enduring Epidemic
Bell, Clive - 2006
What is the right balance among policy interventions in order to ensure economic growth over the long run when an epidemic causes heavy mortality among young adults? We argue that, in general, policies to combat the disease and promote education must be concentrated, in certain ways, on some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779117
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Positively Aware? Conflicting Expert Reviews and Demand for Medical Treatment
Balat, Jorge F. - 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/10012948663
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HIV, Wages, and the Skill Premium
Marinescu, Ioana Elena - 2012
The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within-country variation in regional HIV prevalence and a synthetic panel, I find that HIV significantly increases the capital-labor ratio in urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108226
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HIV and Fertility in Africa : First Evidence from Population Based Surveys
Juhn, Chinhui - 2009
, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A … recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that similar to the Black Death episode in Europe, HIV/AIDS will actually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155473
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Left Behind : Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV/AIDS
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2010
to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138271