Replication data for: The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Victoria Baranov; Hans-Peter Kohler

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Project Citation:

Baranov, Victoria, and Kohler, Hans-Peter. Replication data for: The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116340V1

Project Description

Summary: Antiretroviral therapy (ART), a treatment for AIDS, is rapidly increasing life expectancy throughout sub-Saharan African countries affected by the AIDS epidemic. This change in life expectancy has potentially profound influences on life-cycle decisions. A longer life expectancy increases the value of human capital investment, while the effect on savings is theoretically ambiguous and life-cycle saving could increase or decrease. This paper uses spatial and temporal variation in ART availability to evaluate the impact of ART provision on savings and investment. We find that ART availability significantly increases savings, expenditures on education, and children's schooling, including among HIV-negative individuals who do not directly benefit from ART. These results are not driven by the direct health effects of treatment or reductions in caretaking responsibilities, but rather by reduced perceptions of mortality risk after ART has become available.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: HIV/AIDS; Savings; Human Capital Investment; Life Expectancy

JEL Classification:
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
      I12 Health Behavior
      I15 Health and Economic Development
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

Geographic Coverage: Malawi

Time Period(s): 1998 – 2010

Data Type(s): observational data; program source code

Methodology

Data Source: Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH)

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals,

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V1 [2019-12-07]

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