Evidence of relationships between religious affiliation and the African AIDS pandemic is found in the medical, religion … significant relationship between an index of social regulation of religion and HIV prevalence …, and sociology literature. In particular, studies have shown that predominantly Christian countries tend to have higher HIV …

the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …

the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …

the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …

number of factors that may influence HIV transmission, as well as for other forms of diversity, such as religion and culture …This paper establishes new evidence that an enduring societal factor - genetic diversity - is linked with HIV … transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. We show that higher genetic diversity has a mitigating effect on to the spread of HIV …

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 …

This article investigates the long-term historical impact of missionary activity on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub … conflicting effects on HIV today. Regions close to historical mission stations exhibit higher HIV prevalence. This negative impact … settlements, proximity to a mission with a health investment is associated with lower HIV prevalence nowadays. Safer sexual …

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 …

We construct a theoretical model that examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and foreign direct investment and … employ panel data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to test the implications of the model. We find that HIV/AIDS … has a negative but diminishing effect on FDI. Furthermore, the adverse effect occurs even when the HIV prevalence rate is …