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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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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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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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The response of sexual behavior to HIV in Africa is an important input to predicting the path of the epidemic and to focusing prevention efforts. Existing estimates suggest limited behavioral response, but fail to take into account possible differences across individuals. A simple model of...
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, 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 quot;Black Deathquot; episode in Europe, HIV/AIDS will …
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