Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/269448 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
FERDI Working Paper No. P167
Publisher: 
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI), Clermont-Ferrand
Abstract: 
Does democracy help Kenyan citizens to struggle against the HIV epidemic? Yet, very little attention has been devoted to establish whether political regimes react differently to the HIV infection. Using an electoral definition of democracy makes a contribution in understanding which aspects of political rules matter to manage the disease. Using a difference-in-difference design that draws upon pre-existing variations in HIV intensity and cohort's exposure to democracy, we find that a person living under democracy is less likely to have a HIV infection. Further, we present some evidence of ethnic favoritism and gender disparities during periods of non-democracy.
Subjects: 
institution
democracy
HIV
Health
Kenya
JEL: 
I15
I18
O15
O38
P51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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