Who Is Falling Behind? Is AIDS-Related Mortality Contributing to Increased ‘Income’ Mobility in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?

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Alessandra Garbero

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Victoria Hosegood

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Ingrid Woolard

University of Cape Town - Faculty of Commerce - School of Economics

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

While HIV and AIDS have been described as a “disease of poverty” (see for example, Afrol News, 2002), empirical studies examining the relationship between poverty and the risk of HIV infection or AIDS mortality report mixed findings (Beegle, De Weerdt and Dercon 2008; Gillespie, Kadiyala and Greener 2007b). Recently, it has been argued that HIV is more strongly associated with inequality than poverty per se and therefore, the epidemic is more severe in countries undergoing economic transitions (Piot, Greener and Russell 2007). Thus, the universal relationship between poverty and HIV and AIDS tend to remain complex and exceptional (Gillespie et al. 2007a; Gillespie et al. 2007b).

Suggested Citation

Garbero, Alessandra and Hosegood, Victoria and Woolard, Ingrid, Who Is Falling Behind? Is AIDS-Related Mortality Contributing to Increased ‘Income’ Mobility in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa? (2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3305868 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3305868

Alessandra Garbero (Contact Author)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ( email )

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Victoria Hosegood

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( email )

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United Kingdom

Ingrid Woolard

University of Cape Town - Faculty of Commerce - School of Economics ( email )

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Emerald Hill 6011
South Africa

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