leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association … between schooling/material standard of living and HIV risk using data from more than 500,000 respondents in 32 sub … without improvements in living standards or secondary school completion might not mitigate HIV transmission …

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 …

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 of exports leads to as much as a quadrupling in new HIV infections …

treatment of HIV/AIDS. Many supply- and demand-side factors in sub-Saharan Africa could cause smaller than expected … approximately 1 in 6 adults are HIV positive. Combining anthropometric data from national household surveys and a spatially …-based triple difference specification, we find that local ART introduction increased the weight of high HIV likelihood adult women …

Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by … on HIV testing rates. We provide evidence of likely mechanisms behind the program's negative effect: it inadvertently … increased misinformation about HIV, and worsened HIV-related stigmatizing attitudes. Subsequent household-level randomized …

and economics (among other fields), I propose a framework adapted from earlier work on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Analysis of …

changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model we show that "edutainment" can work through an … the show. We find significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and risky sexual behavior. Treated … subjects are twice as likely to get tested for HIV eight months after the intervention. We also find reductions in STDs among …

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 …

of these effects vary sharply. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and HIV are the most significant sources of mortality rate …

Uganda is widely viewed as a public health success for curtailing its HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. We … investigate the factors contributing to this decline. We first build a model of HIV transmission. Calibration of the model … indicates that reduced pre-marital sexual activity among young women is the most important factor in the decline in HIV. We next …