HIV/AIDS and Social Capital in a Cross-Section of Countries

David, Antonio C.

HIV/AIDS and Social Capital in a Cross-Section of Countries

2007

David, Antonio C.

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. It estimates reduced-form regressions of the main determinants of social capital controlling for HIV prevalence, institutional quality, social distance, and economic indicators using data from the World Values Survey. The results obtained indicate that HIV prevalence affects social capital negatively. The empirical estimates suggest that a one standard deviation increase in HIV prevalence will lead to a 1 percent decline in trust, controlling for other determinants of social capital. If one moves from a country with a relatively low level of HIV prevalence such as Estonia, to a country with a high level such as Zimbabwe, one would observe an approximate 8 percent decline in social capital. These results are robust in a number of dimensions and highlight the empirical importance of an additional mechanism through which HIV/AIDS hinders the development process.

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communities demographic transition developing countries development discrimination economic development economic growth economic indicators elasticity fertility hiv human capital macroeconomics mortality political science poverty alleviation rule of law social capital social development social networks social norms social sciences trusts urban areas vulnerability wages

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Unaids; Hiv prevention; Wealth; Empirical support; National level; Economic factors; Prevalence rates; Policy research; Epidemic; Descriptive statistics; Public policy; Empirical scrutiny; Blood donation; Linear relationship; Gdp; Progress; Social cohesion; Political economy; Industrial economies; Fertility transition; Country regressions; Dependent variable; 0 hypothesis; Male circumcision; Aggregate measure; Labor productivity; Gini coefficient; Opportunity cost; Measurement error; Moral hazard; Educational attainment; Orphans; Empirical estimates; Economic effects; Cross-country data; Economic theory; Care for orphans; Public economics; Monetary economics; General equilibrium model; Economic performance; Development policy; Cross-country analysis; Ethnic heterogeneity; Child labor; Financial development; Pandemic; Hiv infection; Sensitivity analysis; Fertility rate; Empirical evidence; Income inequality; Aids care; Explanatory variables; Negative impact; Economic review; Societal norms; Hiv transmission; Fiscal policy; Orphan crisis; Orphan; Policy research working paper; Financial markets; Fertility rates; Civil war; Financial depth; Empirical analysis; Negative coefficient; National levels; Family income; Policy review; Hiv positive; Negative sign

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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4263http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4263

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HIV/AIDS and Social Capital in a Cross-Section of Countries

2007

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