An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic

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Twelve percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed. In the developed framework, people select between different sexual practices while knowing the inherent risk. The calibrated model is used to study several policy interventions. The analysis suggests that the efficacy of public policy depends upon the induced behavioral changes and equilibrium effects. The framework thus complements the insights provided by epidemiological studies and small-scale field experiments.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7205

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa
• Subject: ART ; circumcision ; condoms ; disease transmission ; epidemiological studies ; HIV/AIDS ; homo economicus ; knowledge about HIV ; Malawi ; marriage ; policy intervention ; search ; small field experiments ; STDs ; sex markets

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Greenwood, Jeremy ; Kircher, Philipp ; Santos, Cezar ; Tertilt, Michèle
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/185403
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET