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

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2016
Volume: 149
Issue: C
Pages: 90-93

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Abstract

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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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:149:y:2016:i:c:p:90-93
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25