Demographic consequences of HIV

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1097-1135

  Karlsson, Martin ^a   Pichler, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Fertility; HIV; Life expectancy; Mortality; Synthetic control groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938415903     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-015-0547-y     Document Type: Article

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