Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS /

The paper evaluates the impact of HIV/AIDS on welfare in several countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Unlike studies focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on GDP per capita, we evaluate the impact of increased mortality using estimates of the value of statistical life. Our results illustrate th...

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מחבר ראשי: Haacker, Markus
מחברים אחרים: Crafts, N.
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/118
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF
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