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Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing, and HIV Treatments

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  • Mechoulan Stéphane

    (University of Toronto)

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This paper studies the impact of antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) on HIV testing and risky sexual behavior. I use data collected in San Francisco among a high-risk population from 1994 to 2002. The evidence supports the hypothesis of a causal link between the introduction of ARVs in late 1996 and the sharp increase in risky sexual behavior that ensued. Further, following ARVs, testers take more risks while non-testers take fewer risks. The proportion of testers remains stable, which was ambiguous a priori. To the extent that ARVs may induce changes in the composition of the testing and non-testing groups, such effects do not seem to affect the results.

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  • Mechoulan Stéphane, 2007. "Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing, and HIV Treatments," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 10(2), pages 1-51, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:fhecpo:v:10:y:2007:i:2:n:5
    DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1064
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    1. Andréa Mannberg, 2012. "Risky Sex in a Risky World: Sexual Behavior in an HIV/AIDS Environment," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 114(2), pages 296-322, June.
    2. Cecilia Navarra, 2013. "Economics of Development NGOs: a survey of existing datasets," Working Papers 1305, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
    3. Hussey, Andrew & Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Alex & Walker, Jay, 2010. "AIDing Contraception: HIV and Recent Trends in Abortion Rates," MPRA Paper 20895, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga & Mead Over, 2012. "Antiretroviral Therapy Perceived Efficacy and Risky Sexual Behaviors: Evidence from Mozambique," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 61(1), pages 97-126.
    5. Mannberg, Andréa, 2012. "Risk and rationalization—The role of affect and cognitive dissonance for sexual risk taking," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 56(6), pages 1325-1337.

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