Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …

incomes of high-skilled survivors, thus increasing inequality. -- labor supply ; wages ; health ; AIDS ; HIV ; development …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 …

leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association … between schooling/material standard of living and HIV risk using data from more than 500,000 respondents in 32 sub … without improvements in living standards or secondary school completion might not mitigate HIV transmission …

leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association … between schooling/material standard of living and HIV risk using data from more than 500,000 respondents in 32 sub … without improvements in living standards or secondary school completion might not mitigate HIV transmission …