life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. We compare the behavioral responses of HIV-infected individuals who were …

revealed over time. Sexual safety is an important but hidden partner attribute, especially in areas where HIV is endemic. A … more so if they are also attractive. Frequent HIV testing may enable safe people to signal and screen. Consistent with … these predictions, we show that a high-frequency, "opt-out" HIV testing intervention changed beliefs about partner's safety …

,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV … the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …

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 …

crisis. Finally, we study a consequence induced by the large numbers of sex workers in few red-light districts: the HIV …

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 magazine Positively Aware, which we merge with detailed panel data on …

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 on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a …

, 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 … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …

to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health …) for 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that provide information on mother's HIV status and enable us to link mothers and … the intergenerational transfers: mother's HIV status and community HIV prevalence. First, we find that mothers transfer 37 …