David, Antonio C.Li, Carmen A.2012-05-312012-05-312008-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6819This 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, 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 percent 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 percent 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMEAGEDAGGREGATE MEASUREAIDS CAREAIDS CASEAIDS EPIDEMICANTENATAL CLINICSBEHAVIORAL CHANGESBLOOD DONATIONCARE FOR ORPHANSCASES OF AIDSCHILD LABORCHILD SURVIVALCHLAMYDIACIVIC PARTICIPATIONCIVIL WARCLINICAL TRIALSCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSCOUNTRY CHARACTERISTICSCOUNTRY DUMMYCOUNTRY LEVELCOUNTRY REGRESSIONSCRIMECROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSISCROSS-COUNTRY DATADECLINE IN FERTILITYDEMOCRACYDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEPENDENCY RATIOSDEPENDENT VARIABLEDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIAGNOSTICSDISCRIMINATIONDISEASEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INDICATORSECONOMIC REVIEWEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTS OF AIDSELASTICITYEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL ESTIMATESEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPIRICAL SCRUTINYEMPIRICAL SUPPORTEMPIRICAL WORKEPIDEMIOLOGYEXPLANATORY VARIABLESEXTERNALITIESFAMILY INCOMEFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY TRANSITIONFINANCIAL DEPTHFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL MARKETSFLOW OF INFORMATIONGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGINI COEFFICIENTGOOD GOVERNANCEGROWTH MODELSGROWTH REGRESSIONSHAZARDHEALTH SURVEYSHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV PREVENTIONHIV TRANSMISSIONHIV\AIDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMMUNODEFICIENCYINCOME INEQUALITYINFECTIONSINFECTIOUS DISEASESLABOR FORCELABOUR FORCEMACROECONOMIC EFFECTSMACROECONOMICSMALE CIRCUMCISIONMALNUTRITIONMARKET CAPITALIZATIONMARKET IMPERFECTIONSMEASUREMENT ERRORMEDICAL CAREMEDICINEMONETARY ECONOMICSMORAL HAZARDMORBIDITYMORTALITYMORTALITY RATESNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNEGATIVE COEFFICIENTNEGATIVE EFFECTNEGATIVE IMPACTNEGATIVE SIGN0 HYPOTHESISNUMBER OF PEOPLEOLDER PEOPLEOPPORTUNITY COSTORPHANORPHAN CRISISORPHANSPHYSICAL CAPITALPLAGUEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLICY REVIEWPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SCIENCEPOPULATION DENSITYPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPREGNANT WOMENPREMATURE DEATHPREVALENCEPREVALENCE RATEPREVALENCE RATESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPROPORTIONAL INCREASEPUBLIC ECONOMICSPUBLIC INTERVENTIONPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESRELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONSRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONSAFE SEXSCHOOL ENROLMENTSENSITIVITY ANALYSISSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSIGNIFICANCE LEVELSIGNIFICANT EFFECTSIGNIFICANT NEGATIVESOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL INTERACTIONSOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL STRUCTURESOCIETAL NORMSSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASYPHILISTECHNICAL INFORMATIONTOLERANCETRANSMISSIONUNAIDSURBAN AREASUSE OF CONDOMSVITAL STATISTICSVULNERABILITYWARSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4679