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Citation

Thirumurthy, Harsha & Zivin, Joshua Graff (2012). Health and Labor Supply in the Context of HIV/AIDS: The Long-Run Economic Impacts on Antiretroviral Therapy. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61(1), 73-96. PMCID: PMC3439817

Abstract

Using longitudinal survey data collected in Kenya, this paper estimates the longer-term impacts of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the labor supply of treated adults and their household members. Building upon previous work in Kenya, data collected from 2004-2006 indicate that early evidence on the short-run impacts of ART tends to be upheld over the long-term as well. The results show that the labor supply response among treated adults occurs rapidly and is sustained through the 3-year observation period in our study. These results underscore the strong relationship between health and labor supply that has been observed in other contexts.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/666954

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2012

Journal Title

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Author(s)

Thirumurthy, Harsha
Zivin, Joshua Graff

PMCID

PMC3439817

ORCiD

Thirumurthy - 0000-0002-3308-7603