HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Levinsohn, James | |
| dc.contributor.author | McLaren, Zoe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shisana, Olive | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zuma, Khangelani | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-23T19:39:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-23T19:39:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-03-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We use econometric methods based on the propensity score to estimate the causal effect of HIV status on employment outcomes in South Africa. Relying on rich data from a national survey, which included HIV testing, we control for systematic differences between HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals. We provide the first nationally representative estimates of the impact of HIV status on employment outcomes for southern Africa. Being HIV positive is associated with an increase of 6 to 7 percentage points in the likelihood of unemployment overall and 10 to 11 percentage points for those who are less educated. This disadvantage reinforces existing inequalities in South Africa. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/95/1/98/58029/HIV-Status-and-Labor-Market-Participation-in-South?redirectedFrom=fulltext | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 11 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2gz6w-coj8 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Levinsohn, James et al.; HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa ; The Review of Economics and Statistics, 95 (1): 98–108, 1 March, 2013; https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00237 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00237 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/23469 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The MIT Press | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC School of Public Policy Collection | |
| dc.rights | This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author. | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| dc.title | HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2515-9731 | en_US |