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The impact of HIV testing on subjective mortality and investments in children: Experimental evidence From Malawi

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  • Eriksson, Katherine
  • Sovero, Veronica

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We investigate the causal effect of HIV testing on subjective mortality and investment in children using experimental data from Malawi. When a wife’s husband learns his negative HIV status, we see an upward revision in a woman’s subjective mortality risk and less household investment in children. There is no statistically significant effect of the woman learning her HIV negative status.

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  • Eriksson, Katherine & Sovero, Veronica, 2016. "The impact of HIV testing on subjective mortality and investments in children: Experimental evidence From Malawi," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 90-93.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:149:y:2016:i:c:p:90-93
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.017
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    Keywords

    HIV; Malawi; Mortality; Fertility; Beliefs;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments

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