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Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Risky Behavior of Friends
Card, David - 2011
Adolescent Health (Add Health). Focusing on friends who had not yet initiated a particular behavior (sex, smoking, marijuana use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124547
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Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Reproductive Behavior in Zambia
Wilson, Nicholas L. - 2012
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is the single most effective HIV prevention intervention in practice today. Nonetheless, little reliable empirical evidence exists on the behavioral effects of PMTCT. This paper documents the rapid expansion of access to PMTCT in Zambia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103804
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An Equilibrium Model of the African Hiv/Aids Epidemic
Greenwood, Jeremy - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083407
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Do Parental Involvement Laws Deter Risky Teen Sex?
Colman, Silvie - 2013
Parental involvement (PI) laws require that physicians notify or obtain consent from a parent(s) of a minor seeking an abortion before performing the procedure. Several studies suggest that PI laws curb risky sexual behavior because teens realize that they would be compelled to discuss a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086672
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Family Economics Writ Large
Greenwood, Jeremy - 2017
living with a single mother; (vi) shifts in social norms governing premarital sex and married women's roles in the workplace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964399
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When Knowledge is Not Enough : Hiv/Aids Information and Risky Behavior in Botswana
Dinkelman, Taryn - 2006
substantial knowledge gaps between men and women, do we still observe sex-specific differentials in sexual behavior that would … sex. Our findings are consistent with the existence of non-informational barriers to behavioral change, some of which … appear to be sex-specific. The descriptive exercise in this paper suggests that it may be overly optimistic to hope for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779610
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Sex, Drugs, and Baby Booms : Can Behavior Overcome Biology?
Baggio, Michele - 2018
purchase of condoms and suggestive evidence on decreased condom use during sex. More sex and less contraceptive use may be … discounting and ignoring costs associated with risky sex. These findings are consistent with a large observational literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908483
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Schooling, Wealth, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Hiv/Aids in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lucas, Adrienne - 2018
Economic growth and development have improved human health in many regions, while sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind. Economic theory and the existing empirical evidence suggest that development may not generate large reductions in the leading cause of adult mortality in the region,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911688
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing
Kearney, Melissa S. - 2010
We examine the empirical relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and rates of early childbearing. First, we use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to confirm a strong correlation at the individual level - women who grow up quot;disadvantagedquot; are much more likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759799
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HIV and Sexual Behavior Change : Why Not Africa?
Oster, Emily F. - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760119