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Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence using Nutrition Data for Africa
Brown, Caitlin S. - 2017
Antipoverty policies assume that targeting poor households suffices in reaching poor individuals. We question this assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely across the household wealth and consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453666
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Health Shocks, Insurance Status and Net Worth : Intra- and Inter-Generational Effects
Conley, Dalton - 2011
An extensive literature has documented a robust correlation between socioeconomic status--measured in a variety of ways--and health outcomes; however, much uncertainty remains regarding what causal processes underlie this association. The present paper builds on a growing literature that seeks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461801
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Schooling, Wealth, Risky Sexual Behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2018
leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480615
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Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and Death in Africa
Deaton, Angus - 2009
wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide … report the mortality of an immediate family member in the last twelve months, with malaria typically more important than AIDS …, and deaths of women in childbirth more important than deaths from AIDS in many countries. A life evaluation measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464012
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Routes of Infection : Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oster, Emily - 2007
I generate new data on HIV incidence and prevalence in Africa based on inference from mortality rates. I use these data to relate economic activity (specifically, exports) to new HIV infections in Africa and argue there is a significant and large positive relationship between the two: a doubling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465029
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Can at Scale Drug Provision Improve the Health of the Targeted in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2017
treatment of HIV/AIDS. Many supply- and demand-side factors in sub-Saharan Africa could cause smaller than expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455278
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Effects of Adult Health Interventions at Scale on Children's Schooling : Evidence from Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2016
In 2007, approximately one in five children in Zambia lived with an HIV positive adult. We identify the effect of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability at scale on children's educational outcomes by combining data on the expansion of ART availability with two national household surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455913
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HIV and Sexual Behavior Change : Why Not Africa?
Oster, Emily - 2007
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/10012465605
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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/10012459709
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HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa
Levinsohn, James A. - 2011
Because individuals with HIV are more likely to fall into poverty, and the poor may be at higher risk of contracting HIV, simple estimates of the effect of HIV status on economic outcomes will tend to be biased. In this paper, we use two econometric methods based on the propensity score to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461756