Exploring the Links between HIV/AIDS, Social Capital and Development
This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV|AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. Using data from the World Values Survey (WVS), the authors estimate reduced-form regressions of the main determinants of social capital controlling for HIV prevalence, institutional quality, social distance, and economic indicators. 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 decline of at least 1 per cent in trust, controlling for other determinants of social capital. Moving from a country with a relatively low level of HIV prevalence, such as Estonia, to a country with a relatively high level, such as Uganda, there is a more than 11 per cent point 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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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2010
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| Subjects: | Health Production I120, Economic Development: Human Resources, Human Development, Income Distribution, Migration O150, Measurement of Economic Growth, Aggregate Productivity, Cross-Country Output Convergence O470, Economic Sociology, Economic Anthropology, Social and Economic Stratification Z130, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5580 |
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