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Chapter 33 Economic epidemiology and infectious diseases
Philipson, Tomas - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1761-1799). 2000
Infectious diseases are is currently the main cause of mortality in the world and have been even more important historically. This paper reviews recent research in economic epidemiology. Specifically, it discusses the occurrence of infectious diseases and the effects of public health...
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Special issue: The economic impact of HIV, AIDS on households and the business sector
Southall, Hilary (contributor); Dike, Stephen (contributor) - 2005
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An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Greenwood, Jeremy; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cezar; … - 2013
Eleven percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used one quarter of the time. A choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed to analyze the Malawian epidemic. In the developed framework, people select...
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Empirical Data Analysis of HIV/AIDS in Sudan with Reference to Khartoum State
Mohamed, Issam A.W - 2011
. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS … is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s, AIDS has rapidly established itself throughout the world …, and is likely to endure and persist well into the 21s century. AIDS has evolved from a mysterious illness to a global …
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AIDS and dualism : Ethiopiaś burden under rational expectations
Bell, Clive; Koukoumelis, Anastasios - 2009
An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to … socially very profitable. -- HIV/AIDS ; Growth ; Dualism ; Ethiopia …
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Modeling the Macroeconomic Impact of Hiv/Aids
Haacker, Markus - 2021
The paper addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita output and income, with particular emphasis on the role of … finds that HIV/AIDS affects both the supply of labor and the demand for labor in the formal sector. Only if there is a … HIV/AIDS on output is complemented by an assessment of the impact on income …
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170449
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171007
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After the Financial Crisis: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Shelburne, Robert; Trentini, Claudia - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2010
The Pan-European Region made significant progress from 1995 to 2007 in improving the economic, social, environmental and health indicators incorporated into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, given the huge set-backs associated with the transition recession in the early 1990s and...
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