Young (2005) argues that HIV related population declines reinforced by the fertility response to the epidemic will lead … level data on fertility from South Africa and relying on between cohort variation in country level HIV infection, he … estimates a large negative effect of HIV prevalence on fertility. However, the studies that utilize the recent rounds of …

The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys which link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …

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 …