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Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing And Hiv Treatments, Stéphane Mechoulan
Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing And Hiv Treatments, Stéphane Mechoulan
Stéphane Mechoulan
This paper studies the impact of antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) on HIV testing and risky sexual behavior. I use data collected in San Francisco among a high-risk population from 1994 to 2002. The evidence supports the hypothesis of a causal link between the introduction of ARVs in late 1996 and the sharp increase in risky sexual behavior that ensued. Further, following ARVs, testers take more risks while non-testers take fewer risks. The proportion of testers remains stable, which was ambiguous a priori. To the extent that ARVs may induce changes in the composition of the testing and non-testing groups, such effects …