Consumption smoothing and HIV/AIDS: The case of two communities in South Africa

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-506

  Linnemayr, Sebastian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COST; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROECONOMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949482330     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650420     Document Type: Article

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