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Perception of HIV risk and the quantity and quality of children : the case of rural Malawi
Castro, Rubén; Behrman, Jere R.; Kohler, Hans-Peter - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 1, pp. 113-132
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469607
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The impact of HIV testing on subjective mortality and investments in children : experimental evidence From Malawi
Eriksson, Katherine; Sovero, Veronica - In: Economics letters 149 (2016), pp. 90-93
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Adult mortality, AIDS, and fertility in rural Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - In: The developing economies 54 (2016) 3, pp. 215-242
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Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa
Deaton, Angus; Fortson, Jane; Tortora, Robert - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2008
We use data from the Gallup World Poll and from the Demographic and Health Surveys to investigate how subjective wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide direct evidence on Africans’ own emotional and evaluative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150208
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Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa
Deaton, Angus; Fortson, Jane; Tortora, Robert - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2008
We use data from the Gallup World Poll and from the Demographic and Health Surveys to investigate how subjective wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide direct evidence on Africans’ own emotional and evaluative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738484
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Does HIV increase the risk of spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa?
Chin, Yoo-Mi - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 5, pp. 997-1006
Although a positive association is found between HIV prevalence and intimate partner violence, a causal interpretation is hard to establish due to the endogeneity of HIV prevalence. Using the distance from the origin of the virus as an instrument, I find that an exogenous increase in HIV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709404
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Effects of HIV on gender gaps in school attendance of children in Zimbabwe : a non-linear multivariate decomposition analysis
Zinyemba, Tatenda; Pavlova, Milena; Groot, Wim - In: Education economics 29 (2021) 5, pp. 471-489
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624644
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Increasing Coverage of Antiretroviral Therapy and Male Medical Circumcision in HIV Hyperendemic Countries: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Geldsetzer, Pascal; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; … - 2015
HIV continues to cause the largest number of disability-adjusted life years of any disease in HIV hyperendemic countries (i.e., countries with an adult HIV prevalence 15%). We compare the benefits and costs of two proven biological interventions to reduce the health losses due to the HIV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307346
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A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION TREATMENT USING READY TO USE THERAUPETIC FOODS
Jenkins, Glenn P. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2013
The prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high in Uganda. Thirty three percent of children under 5 years of age, are … study concludes that program is cost-effective to be implemented in broad-scale, i.e. different children age groups. However …, the results of the study can be applied directly to children under age five only. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735572
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A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION TREATMENT USING READY TO USE THERAUPETIC FOODS
Jenkins, Glenn P. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2013
The prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high in Uganda. Thirty three percent of children under 5 years of age, are … study concludes that program is cost-effective to be implemented in broad-scale, i.e. different children age groups. However …, the results of the study can be applied directly to children under age five only. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688091