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AIDS, “reversal” of the demographic transition and economic development: evidence from Africa
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - In: Journal of Population Economics 25 (2012) 3, pp. 871-897
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Cost of HIV and determinants of health care costs in HIV-positive patients in Germany: results of the DAGNÄ K3A Study
Mostardt, Sarah; Hanhoff, Nikola; Wasem, Jürgen; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 5, pp. 799-808
Expenditures for HIV-infection are driven mainly by drug costs. We identified several clinical variables influencing the costs of HIV-treatment. This information could assist policymakers when allocating limited health care resources to HIV care. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013
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Atitudes e Discriminação em Relação aos Portadores de HIV/AIDS no Brasil
Cruz, Mércia Santos da; Carvalho, José Raimundo - In: Economia 14 (2013) 1c, pp. 607-629
discriminação em relação a portadores do vírus HIV/AIDS no Brasil. Através de vários modelos logit ordenados (e suas variações …
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The distribution of AIDS over the population in Africa. Hypothesis building from individual answers to a Demographic and Health Survey with an application to Côte d'Ivoire
Cogneau, Denis; Grimm, Michael - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002
Lack of knowledge about risk differentials regarding AIDS seriously hampers the study of the economic impact of AIDS in … disaggregated mortality tables. One main result of our model is that educated people have a higher risk of dying through AIDS …
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Estimating an Almost Ideal Demand System Model for Meats in Iran
Motallebi, Marzieh; Pendell, Dustin L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This paper presents a dynamic form of the almost ideal demand system (AIDS). The static AIDS model was employed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916303
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Regular Effective Demand Systems (REDS)
Rehman, Fahd; Cooper, Russel J. - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 2, pp. 255-257
Empirical demand analysis is usually conducted on the basis of either ‘regularity’ or ‘flexibility’. This paper takes a middle ground between ‘regularity’ and ‘flexibility’, offering a compromise in the form of a new specification termed ‘REDS’.
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Young Women's Marital Status and HIV Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
Asiedu, Christobel; Asiedu, Elizabeth; Owusu, Francis - In: Journal of African Development 12 (2010) 2
and education play a crucial role in determining the level of HIV/AIDS risk for young women. The result also implies that …
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Why Countries Have Both Subsidized and Free Condoms to Prevent HIV/AIDS: the Role of Stigma Mitigation
Brent, Robert J. - In: Journal of African Development 12 (2010) 2
Marketing (CSM) program to encourage the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS. One program is to aid the poor and the second is to …
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School Attenfance and Educational Enrollment for Maternal Orphans in Zimbabwe: an Instrumental Variables Approach
Gundersen, Craig; Kelly, Thomas - In: Journal of African Development 10 (2008) 1
Education in Africa has been dramatically affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is especially true for the millions of … children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. The situation is not expected to improve anytime soon - by 2010 the … number of HIV/AIDS orphans is expected to exceed 35 million. These orphans face numerous challenges, including interruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938944
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A Critique: HIV/AIDS and the Legal and Policy Framework in Sri Lanka
Fonseka, Bhavani; Kakantoussis, Nicole - eSocialSciences - 2013
effective response to HIV/AIDS as many do not come forward to obtain medical services for fear of violence, stigma and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945398