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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 … urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a …
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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
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
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/10013164530
Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting prevalence and for which we have access to...
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that randomly offered HIV testing appointments and hard commitment devices to high-risk men in Malawi. Appointments more …
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treatment on the receipt of human recognition by malnourished, HIV-infected adults in Kenya. Questions specially designed to …
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-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China in the 1990s killed more than …
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Studies have demonstrated that an early HIV diagnosis is a critical first step towards continued engagement in care. We … examined HIV testing experiences in Salvador, Brazil, to understand how a focus on quality services can inform service … provision more generally in the post–2015 global health agenda. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with HIV …
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health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We … evaluate an effective HIV treatment innovation that had harsh side effects: HAART. Measured in lifetime utility gains, HAART …
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