Table 6 Economic consequences of aids treatment: key findings from studies in selected low- and middle-income countries, 2000—2013,n = 4

1

Thirumurthy et al., [39]

Kenya

Quasi-experimental

# of individuals,18-65: 3,009

FE

1. Labor force participation ↑: 20% *

2. # of Hours worked ↑: 35% *

3. Young boys resumed back to school

2.

Larson et al., [40]

Kenya

Quasi-experimental

# of HIV-infect men tea plucker: 125 # of HIV-infect women tea plucker: 112

ITT

1. HIV-infected male and female tea-pluckers harvested 51% and 62% less tea, respectively, compared to healthy male and female tea-pluckers, respectively

2. By the 24 months on ART, HIV-infected male tea-pluckers were 90% as productive as healthy male tea-pluckers; HIV-infected female workers were 80% as productive as healthy female tea-pluckers

3

Habyarimana, [41]

Botswana

Quasi-experimental

# of adults diamond mine workers: 441

OLS, FE

1. Absenteeism (=12 days) was comparable between HIV-infected on ART and healthy worker

2. HIV-infected workers retained this rate of absenteeism for up to four years since ART initiation.

4

Coetzee, [42]

South Africa

Quasi-experimental

# of HIV-infected adults on ART = 237

AFTM; Cox Proportional Hazard Model

1. Time for transition from labor inactivity to actively looking for employment ↓ (p ≤ 0.05)