The Indirect Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy

摘要: International donors recently began to provide free antiretroviral therapy (ART) for AIDS in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa reduce the burden epidemic. This paper uses a difference-in-difference design based on proximity ART facilities and timing rollout show that availability improves mental health increases labor supply, including among HIV-negative respondents non-caretakers. Our results suggest improved contributes supply response. To explain this pattern, we reduces perceived mortality risk throughout community. These findings disease environment is determinant impact HIV/AIDS are broader than previously understood. We received helpful suggestions from Kerwin Charles, Andrew Dorward, Erica Field, Willa Friedman, Guther Fink, Kelsey Jack, Dean Karlan, Ofer Malamud, Sendhil Mullainathan, Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton, Alessandra Voena, Nicholas Wilson, seminar participants at University Chicago, California San Diego, Illinois Chicago. IRBs Pennsylvania National Health Science Research Committee Malawi have approved collection MLSFH. The authors gratefully acknowledge generous support research through Institute Child Development (grant numbers R03HD058976, R21HD050652, R01HD044228, R01HD053781), Aging number P30 AG12836), Boettner Center Pensions Retirement Security Pennsylvania, Population Infrastructure Program R24 HD-044964). Baranov: victoria.baranov@gmail.com; Bennett: dmbennett@uchicago.edu; Kohler: hpkohler@pop.upenn.edu.