The number of deaths from the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to fall. This is particularly true in Africa with a striking example in South Africa, where new infections and deaths have both been reduced by 40 percent since 2010. However, the problem is still worrisome in the South of the USA and in Eastern Europe. (See the three figures below.)
The Journal of Population Economics has published a number of economic research articles on the disease and the societal consequences. The 2019 Kuznets Prize of the Journal was devoted to a recent article:
Yoo-Mi Chin & Nicholas Wilson, Disease risk and fertility: evidence from the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Journal of Population Economics, 31 (2018), 429–451.
The article shows that a fall in the disease risk decreases the total fertility rate in Africa, and hence contributes to the needed slowdown of population growth on the continent. Read the article for free read & share: LINK
Further articles free to read & share see below.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH ON HIV/AIDS
- Demographic consequences of HIV Read & share: LINK
Martin Karlsson, Stefan Pichler in Journal of Population Economics (2015) - Perception of HIV risk and the quantity and quality of children: the case of rural Malawi Read & share: LINK
Ruben Castro, Jere R. Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler in Journal of Population Economics (2015) - Childhood disease and the precautionary demand for children
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Anna-Maria Aksan, Shankha Chakraborty in Journal of Population Economics (2013) - HIV and fertility in Africa: first evidence from population-based surveys
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Chinhui Juhn, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Belgi Turan in Journal of Population Economics (2013) - Left behind: intergenerational transmission of human capital in the midst of HIV/AIDS Read & share: LINK
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Belgi Turan in Journal of Population Economics (2013) - AIDS, “reversal” of the demographic transition and economic development: evidence from Africa Read & share: LINK
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan in Journal of Population Economics (2012) - Uncovering the impact of the HIV epidemic on fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Malawi Read & share: LINK
Dick Durevall, Annika Lindskog in Journal of Population Economics (2011) - Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: how much and for whom? Read & share: LINK
Peter Glick, David E. Sahn in Journal of Population Economics (2007)
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