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When Death Was Postponed : The Effect of HIV Medication on Work, Savings and Marriage

Ejrnæs, Mette; García-Miralles, Esteban; Gørtz, Mette; … - 2023

Longer life expectancy can affect individuals’ incentives to work, save and marry, net of any changes in their underlying health. We test this hypothesis by using the sudden arrival of a new treatment in 1995 that dramatically increased life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. We compare...

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When Death Was Postponed : The Effect of HIV Medication on Work, Savings, and Marriage

Ejrnæs, Mette; García-Miralles, Esteban; Gørtz, Mette; … - 2023

Longer life expectancy can affect individuals' incentives to work, save, and marry, net of any changes in their underlying health. We test this hypothesis by using the sudden arrival of a new treatment in 1995 that dramatically increased life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. We compare...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347701

How Does the Impact of an Hiv/Aids Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

de Walque, Damien - 2016

Walque tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS … evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and … HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated …

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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Poverty and Education in Africa

Rena, Ravinder - 2015

This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale … countries. It looks for lessons derived from twenty years of coping with HIV/AIDS in the Southern African Development Community …

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Unexpected HIV Infections in Young Women in South Africa

Gisselquist, David - 2019

Unexpected HIV infections (not from sex, mother-to-child, or injection drug use) are common in Africa's generalized epidemics. A 2011-2015 randomized controlled trial of cash transfers conditioned on high school attendance to reduce HIV incidence in young women in South Africa had no impact on...

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The Role of HIV Detection on Reproductive Health : Outcomes in Cameroon

Tequame, Miron - 2017

The paper compares fertility outcomes between women enrolled in HIV clinics and the DHS sample which were both administered in Yaoundé contemporaneously. Using propensity score matching, I show that fertility outcomes are contingent on age at which women are detected HIV positive. Younger women...

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Determinants of HIV Infection in Nigeria : A Synthesis of the Literature

Awoleye, Olatunji - 2017

Background: Nigeria has an estimated 3.5 million HIV positive individuals, ranking third worldwide. This study analyzed the determinants of HIV infection to improve HIV programming in Nigeria and developing countries. Methodology: The methodology used was a literature review of grey and...

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The Effects of an HIV and AIDS Project on Migrants at Source and Destination Sites in Nepal, Bangladesh and India : Findings from a Quasi-Experimental Study

Samuels, Fiona - 2014

vulnerability among cross-border migrants in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. The results from the study suggests that HIV and AIDS …-related service uptake. The study finds strong evidence that the EMPHASIS project had a positive impact on HIV and AIDS knowledge and …-specific partnerships and engagement and through capacity building of HIV and AIDS service providers. The study also find that it is …

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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020

: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …

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The HIV Anticaptory Saving Motive : An Empirical Analysis in South Africa

van de Kuilen, Gijs - 2007

This paper studies the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on saving behaviour. Two important characteristics of HIV result …

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