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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 3/2017

01-03-2017 | Brief Report

The Impact of Positive Income Shocks on Risky Sexual Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

Authors: Zachary Wagner, Erick Gong, Damien de Walque, William H. Dow

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 3/2017

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Abstract

In this paper, we exploit a lottery in Tanzania, which randomly assigned eligible participants to receive $100 cash grants. The randomized nature of the lottery allows us to estimate the causal impact of positive income shocks on risky sexual behavior. We found that winning the lottery led men to have 0.28 (95 % CI 0.14, 0.55) more sexual partners and to a 0.21 (95 % CI 0.01–0.4) increase in the probability of unprotected sex with a non-primary partner relative to a control group of eligible non-winners. We found no significant effect of winning the lottery on the sexual behavior of women.
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Metadata
Title
The Impact of Positive Income Shocks on Risky Sexual Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Authors
Zachary Wagner
Erick Gong
Damien de Walque
William H. Dow
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1524-5

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