Health and labor supply in the context of HIV/AIDS: The long-run economic impacts of antiretroviral therapy

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-96

  Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a   Zivin, Joshua Graff ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR SUPPLY;

EID: 84866726397     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666954     Document Type: Article

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