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How Subjective Beliefs about HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi

Shapira, Gil - 2013

This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, on fertility and child...

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Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Vaccine Acceptance

Bussolo, Maurizio; Sarma, Nayantara; Torre, Iván - 2022

The information set from which individuals make their decision on vaccination includes signals from trusted agents, such as governments, community leaders, and the media. By implementing restrictions, or by relaxing them, governments can provide a signal about the underlying risk of the pandemic...

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Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments?

Carneiro, Pedro; Armand, Alex; Locatelli, Andrea - 2015

It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program having perverse incentives. This paper analyzes new data from a randomized control trial conducted in...

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Potential Applications of Conditional Cash Transfers for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Medlin, Carol; de Walque, Damien - 2012

A growing number of developing countries have introduced conditional cash transfer programs that provide money to poor families with certain contingencies attached - such as requiring school attendance or regular immunization and health check-ups. As the popularity of conditional cash transfer...

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Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya

Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael - 2012

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya …: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2) encouraging students to debate the … role of condoms and to write essays on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; and (3) reducing the cost of education …

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The Epidemiological Impact of an HIV/AIDS Vaccine in Developing Countries

Stover, John; Garnett, Geoff P.; Seitz, Steve - 2013

Many people see an effective preventive AIDS vaccine as the best solution to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Ten years ago many … developed and many candidates are being tested. Strategies to implement HIV/AIDS vaccination need to be developed to be ready … determine issues such as: What will be the impact of the vaccine on the epidemic? Who should be vaccinated? Will an AIDS vaccine …

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How Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

De Walque, Damien - 2013

author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS … evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and … HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated …

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Using Provider Performance Incentives to Increase HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Rwanda

de Walque, Damien; Gertler, Paul J; Bautista-Arredondo, … - 2013

services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing …

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External Finance and Firm Survival in the Aftermath of the Crisis : Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Clarke, George R.G.; Cull, Robert; Kisunko, Gregory - 2012

Two data sets are used to study how country and firm characteristics affected firms' financial constraints and their likelihood of survival during the early phase of the recent global financial crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a region that was especially hard hit. The first data...

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Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Terrell, Katherine - 2012

Using 2005 firm level data for 26 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, this paper estimates performance gaps between male and female-owned businesses, while controlling for location by industry and country. The findings show that female entrepreneurs have a significantly smaller scale of...

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