Long-term care services continue to play an integral role in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) despite the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The Medicaid 1915(c) waiver is one option available to states which enables them to expand the availability of...

This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and long-run consumption growth of surviving household members. Using unique data which tracks individuals from 1991 to 2004, we examine consumption growth, controlling for a set of...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A number of firms fail in their endeavours to run successful HIV/AIDS workplaceprogrammes and as a result they incur not only an unmitigated risk but also the costs andopportunity costs of the projects. The purpose of this study is to explore senior managers’knowledge of,...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Profitable organisations depend, not only on a healthy workforce, but also on an environmentconducive to creating wealth and long-term economic growth. The private sector plays a key rolein fighting the negative economic impact of HIV and AIDS. Companies in South Africa...

Replaced with revised version of paper 08/24/09.

The thesis consists of three main chapters on optimal incentives for a multi-level allocation process of HIV/AIDS prevention funds. HIV/AIDS prevention funds often traverse several levels of distribution. At each level, equity-based heuristics are often used by decision-makers that may lead to...

Itinerant trading is the second major economic activity for women who constitute an important chain in the distribution of goods in West Africa. Historically they have played important roles in the political economy of Ghana. With the outbreak of AIDS these women, some of whom move far away from...

We analyze how di erent dimensions of a seller's reputation a ectpricing power in electronic markets. We do so by using text miningtechniques to identify and structure dimensions of importance fromfeedback posted on reputation systems, by aggregating and scoring thesedimensions based on the...

The paper examines the decision by Australian Real Estate Trusts (A-REITs) to issue seasoned equity offerings from 2000 - 2008 and stock market reaction to the offerings using panel data and event study methodologies, respectively. The global financial crisis has resulted in freezing of the...

There is currently a worldwide shortage of registered nurses, driven by large shifts in both the demand for and supply of nurses. Consequently, various policies to increase the recruitment and retention of nurses are under discussion, in particular, the role that wage increases might have in...