The Long-run Economic Costs of AIDS : Theory and an Application to South Africa

The Long-run Economic Costs of AIDS : Theory and an Application to South Africa

Most existing estimates of the macroeconomic costs of AIDS, as measured by the reduction in the growth rate of gross domestic product, are modest. For Africa-the continent where the epidemic has hit the hardest-they range between 0.3 and 1.5 percen...

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Main Authors: Bell, Clive, Devarajan, Shantayanan, Gersbach, Hans
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
DISEASE BURDEN
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
POOLING
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY
COST ANALYSIS
COST STUDIES
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
HEALTH POLICY
TARGETING
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
FAMILY COMPOSITION
GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF FUNDS
SUBSIDIES ACCOUNT
ADULT MORTALITY
ADULTHOOD
AGED
AIDS EPIDEMIC
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKS
CHILD LABOR
CHILDHOOD
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY STATUS
FATHERS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERATIONS
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCREASE IN MORTALITY
INFERIOR GOODS
INTERVENTION
MACROECONOMICS
MORTALITY
MOTHERS
OLD AGE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
ORPHANS
PARENTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC GOOD
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SEX
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
VICTIMS
YOUNG ADULTS
AIDS
HIV/AIDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2693515/long-run-economic-costs-aids-theory-application-south-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18050

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2693515/long-run-economic-costs-aids-theory-application-south-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18050

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