Victoria Baranov

English Français Deutsch Italiano 中文 More Español Ελληνικά 日本語 Português Türkçe Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS has expanded rapidly across low-income countries since 2000, generating large gains in life expectancy. Exploiting spatial and temporal variation in ART availability, this paper examines the health and economic consequences of ART introduction across a comprehensive set of outcomes in rural Malawi, a low-income setting with high HIV prevalence.

Victoria Baranov, Ralph De Haas, Pauline Grosjean 02 April 2020 Men are consistently less healthy than women and three times more likely to commit suicide. This column argues that to understand these trends requires understanding ‘masculinity norms’ – the standards that guide and constrain men’s behaviour over time. It uses data from a unique natural experiment: the convict colonisation of Australia, when highly skewed sex ratios (men far outnumbered women) intensified competition and violence.