2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.09.003
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Educational attainment and HIV/AIDS prevalence: A cross-country study

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“…But the economic wealth in the country depends largely on education and abilities. And yet, in cross-country analyses even health expenditures can be positively related to HIV infection (Lakhanpal & Ram, 2008). This seemingly paradoxical finding can perhaps be explained by reverse effects, because countries with larger HIV problems need to spend more for health.…”
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“…But the economic wealth in the country depends largely on education and abilities. And yet, in cross-country analyses even health expenditures can be positively related to HIV infection (Lakhanpal & Ram, 2008). This seemingly paradoxical finding can perhaps be explained by reverse effects, because countries with larger HIV problems need to spend more for health.…”
Section: The Poverty-thesismentioning
confidence: 84%
“…If the central causal variable is intelligence, along with the attitudes and behaviors that accompany intelligence, we can predict that education sometimes raises and at other times reduces the HIV infection rates. The HIV-reducing effects of education that have been seen in some studies (e.g., Lakhanpal & Ram, 2008) might have been observed because education is a proxy for intelligence. What counts is the cognitive competence that comes from schooling, but also from non-school factors including family influences and genes.…”
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