partners perversely increases the average probability of HIV infection in the pool of available partners. Since this increases …

treatment of HIV/AIDS. Many supply- and demand-side factors in sub-Saharan Africa could cause smaller than expected … approximately 1 in 6 adults are HIV positive. Combining anthropometric data from national household surveys and a spatially …-based triple difference specification, we find that local ART introduction increased the weight of high HIV likelihood adult women …

marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government's HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until …

In 2007, approximately one in five children in Zambia lived with an HIV positive adult. We identify the effect of adult … availability with two national household surveys that include HIV testing. Through a triple difference specification, we find that … the availability of ART increased the likelihood that children in households with HIV positive household heads started …

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 …

We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe … two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by … both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle magazine Positively Aware, which we merge with detailed panel data on …

rates. However, these effects were smaller and statistically imprecise with respect to gonorrhea and HIV …

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility, whereas within estimates that are identified of off … time-series variation show both positive and negative results depending on the HIV/AIDS variable used. These within …