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Income from International Commodity Price Windfalls and HIV Infections in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Ting Ji
  • Faqin Lin

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This paper examines effects of exogenous income from international commodity price windfalls on HIV infections in a panel of sub-Saharan African countries during the period 1985–2007. The main finding is that an increase in income leads to a significant rise in HIV infections in autocratic countries while there is no significant effect in democracies. Further analysis suggests that increasing urbanisation and decreasing public health expenditure share in GDP in autocracies are the dominant channels behind such distinct comparison. After controlling for urbanisation and public health expenditure share, the effect of income on HIV infection rates shrinks drastically and is statistically insignificant.

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  • Ting Ji & Faqin Lin, 2017. "Income from International Commodity Price Windfalls and HIV Infections in sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 26(5), pages 607-624.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:26:y:2017:i:5:p:607-624.
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    1. Lin, Youhong & Liu, Feng, 2020. "Indoor air quality and health: Empirical evidence from fluoride pollution in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    2. Hou, Yulin & Jia, Shaomeng, 2023. "Do remittances react to commodity windfall? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).

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