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Employment and education effects on HIV/AIDS prevalence rate and economic growth: empirical investigation in ECOWAS

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  • Komivi Afawubo

    (CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

  • Samuel Mathey

    (ICN Business School)

Abstract

We analyse the simultaneous effects of employment and education on GDP growth and HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the long and short run across the 15 countries of ECOWAS. Our results suggest that employment and primary education are the main HIV/AIDS prevalence rate reduction drivers in the short run with primary education having a simultaneous effect on HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (reduction) and GDP growth (increase) while secondary education drives the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate reduction in the long term. Education and employment may therefore become the short-run policy targets in combatting HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among the active population and achieving economic growth. Our results equally suggest that GDP growth by itself may not be an HIV/AIDS reduction driver.

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  • Komivi Afawubo & Samuel Mathey, 2014. "Employment and education effects on HIV/AIDS prevalence rate and economic growth: empirical investigation in ECOWAS," Post-Print hal-01369791, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01369791
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.887188
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