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Fidelity Networks and Long-Run Trends in HIV/AIDS Gender Gaps
Abstract
More than half of the HIV/AIDS-infected population today are women. We study a dynamic model of (in)fidelity, which explains the HIV/AIDS gender gap by the configuration of sexual networks. Each individual desires sexual relationships with opposite sex individuals. Two Markov matching processes are defined, each corresponding to a different culture of gender relations. The first process leads to egalitarian pairwise stable networks in the long run, and HIV/AIDS is equally prevalent among men and women. The second process leads to anti-egalitarian pairwise stable networks reflecting male domination, and women bear a greater burden. The results are consistent with empirical observations.
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- Authors
- Pongou, R., & Serrano, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Brown University (US)
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2013-05-01
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 298-302
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2122357416
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 1.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Applied Mathematics › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Keywords
- HIV/AIDS, gender gap, sexual networks, marital fidelity, gender relations, male dominance, gender inequality
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