Although a positive association is found between HIV prevalence and intimate partner violence, a causal interpretation … is hard to establish due to the endogeneity of HIV prevalence. Using the distance from the origin of the virus as an … instrument, I find that an exogenous increase in HIV prevalence in a cluster has a sizable positive effect on the risk of …

Evidence of relationships between religious affiliation and the African AIDS pandemic is found in the medical, religion … HIV rates than predominantly Muslim countries. These relationships have been largely unexplored by economists and we seek … share drives the Christianity/HIV correlation. (Also, condom use actually correlates positively with HIV prevalence, though …

The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within …-country variation in regional HIV prevalence and a synthetic panel, I find that HIV significantly increases the capital-labor ratio in … urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a …