Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Reproductive Behavior in Zambia

I received research funding for this project from the NBER and Williams College. I would like to thank Quamrul Ashraf, William Dow, Lucie Schmidt, Lara Shore-Sheppard, Jeffrey Stringer, Anand Swamy, Waly Wane, Tara Watson, David N. Weil, and seminar participants at the University of California, Berkeley, NBER Africa Project Zanzibar Conference, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Williams College for many excellent comments. Special thanks to Elisa Pepe for tremendous support throughout this project. Madeleine Watson and Wentao Xiong provided superb research assistance. The NBER Africa Project provided generous financial and institutional support. This research would not be possible without the assistance of the Network of Zambian People Living with HIV/AIDS (NZP+). All errors are my own. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the aforementioned individuals or the agencies that employ them. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.