MORTALITY RISK AND HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT: THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fortson, Jane G.
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00067
• 发表日期: 2011-02
• 页码: 1-15
• 关键词: male circumcision; parental death; SOUTH-AFRICA; ivory-coast; aids; hiv; abidjan; infections; fertility; EPIDEMIC

摘要

Over the past several decades, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has dramatically altered patterns of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, with potential consequences for human capital investment and economic growth. Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys for fifteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa, I estimate the relationship between regional HIV prevalence and the change in individual human capital investment over time. Consistent with a simple model of human capital investment incorporating mortality risk, I find that areas with higher levels of HIV experienced relatively larger declines in schooling.