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Abstract

We document the extent to which economic shocks through economic incentives explain HIV transmission through risky sexual behaviours in LMICs. We include 35 papers containing 31 unique negative and 11 unique positive economic shocks combined with over 320 health and risky sex outcomes. We find a diverse literature with varying empirical approaches showing increases in risky sexual behaviours are more sensitive to negative shocks than decreases are to positive shocks. Those already at risk of engaging in transactional sex are particularly vulnerable to increasing risky behaviours. Protecting against negative shocks is likely to most effective in preventing HIV transmission.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Development Effectiveness, available online: https://doi-org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1928734.
Publisher Keywords:	Economic shocks, risky sexual behaviours, HIV, transactional sex, systematic review, literature review
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HG Finance Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Departments:	Bayes Business School > Actuarial Science & Insurance
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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