Bias, Not Error: Assessments of the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS Using Evidence from Micro Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor:	Deborah Johnston
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Sub saharan Reproduction (economics) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause General Business Management and Accounting Gender Studies Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Development economics Pandemic medicine Economics Gender bias Macro Economic impact of HIV/AIDS
Zdroj:	Feminist Economics. 14:87-115
ISSN:	1466-4372 1354-5701
DOI:	10.1080/13545700802262915
Popis:	Economists struggle to understand the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS. To this end, they have constructed macro models that utilize simplified pictures of the working of the economy and then factor in channels by which HIV/AIDS will have an effect. These models have considerable influence on HIV/AIDS policy; however, they do have their critics. Criticisms in the literature have focused on the simplifications in the construction of the economy that seem most misleading. Using micro studies of sub-Saharan Africa as examples, this contribution argues that there are other important simplifications used by models that need to be reconsidered. Rather than a series of unconnected errors in the modeling process, the approaches show pervasive gender bias, which means that many of the impacts of greater female mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa are ignored. Gender-aware modeling is crucial to improving assessment of the aggregate impact of the pandemic both in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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