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 …

the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …

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 …

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

endogenous response to HIV risk may explain why the HIV/AIDS epidemic has coincided with systematic marriage and pregnancy delays … 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 …

HIV continues to cause the largest number of disability-adjusted life years of any disease in HIV hyperendemic … countries (i.e., countries with an adult HIV prevalence >15%). We compare the benefits and costs of two proven biological … interventions to reduce the health losses due to the HIV epidemic in hyperendemic countries from 2015 through 2030: 1) increasing …

We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …

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 …