Essays on HIV, Marriage and Education in Sub Saharan Africa

Thesis advisor: Peter Gottschalk === This paper examines the impact of spatial variation in HIV rates on female marriage rates in Zambia. I formulate a search model that predicts lower marriage rates of educated females relative to uneducated females in regions with higher HIV rates. I use exogeno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Shannon
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2011
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1993