The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment : Labor Supply in Western Kenya

• Tác giả: Harsha Thirumurthy
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.19 Services to patients with specific conditions
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 326707
• Chủ đề: 1. Economic Development: Human Resources; 2. Health Production I120; 3. Human Development; 4. Income Distribution; 5. Time Allocation and Labor Supply J220

Tóm tắt

 Using longitudinal survey data collected in collaboration with a treatment program, this paper estimates the economic impacts of antiretroviral treatment. The responses in two outcomes are studied: (1) labor supply of treated adult AIDS patients
  and (2) labor supply of individuals in patients' households. Within six months after treatment initiation, there is a 20 percent increase in the likelihood of the patient participating in the labor force and a 35 percent increase in weekly hours worked. Young boys in treated patients' households work significantly less after treatment initiation, while girls and adult household members do not change their labor supply.