Browsing by Author "Coetzee, Celeste"

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    The Determinants of Perceived Health and Labour Force Participation of People with HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha, South Africa
    (2006) Coetzee, Celeste; Tasiran, Ali
    This paper examines the impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) on perceived health and labour force participation of people living with HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Cox Proportional Hazard Models with stratum effects for three medical clinics, and Accelerated Failure Time Models with individual specific unobserved shared effects (frailty), are estimated for transitions to improved perceptions of health, and transition in and out of the labour market, using a longitudinal data set. We find that HAART has a positive impact on perceived health, and restored health leads to greater activity in the labour market.
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    Hiring Patterns, Firm-Level Dynamics and HIV/AIDS: A Case Study of Small Firms on the Cape Flats
    (2003) Coetzee, Celeste
    This paper explores firm-level responses to HIV/AIDS. Case studies of seven small manufacturing firms on the Cape Flats failed to record any reported HIV prevalence or any perceived increases in costs due to HIV/AIDS for any of the firms interviewed. However, an interesting picture of labour practices at the bottom end of the formal job market emerged. Small firms look after their skilled workers, but take on and dismiss unskilled workers at a high rate. Small firms do not pay medical benefits and recruit using a well-developed community network to identify good workers. These companies are thus less likely to incur significant AIDS-related costs on the production side. There is anecdotal evidence that the impact of AIDS will be on the demand side with firms perceiving that customers avoid infected workers in service provision.
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    The impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on perceived health and labour supply in Khayelitsha
    (2005) Coetzee, Celeste; Nattrass, Nicoli
    Includes bibliographical references.
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    The impact of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on employment in Khayelitsha
    (2007) Coetzee, Celeste
    This paper examines the impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) on labour force participation of people living with HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Cox Proportional Hazard Models with stratum effects for three medical clinics, and Accelerated Failure Time Models with individual specific unobserved shared effects (frailty), are estimated for transitions from inactivity to unemployment, and transitions from unemployment into employment, using a longitudinal data set. The findings of this study indicate that HAART leads to greater activity in the labour market, but there was not a strong effect on re-entry into employment.
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    Living on AIDS treatment: A socio-economic profile of Africans receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
    (2004) Coetzee, Celeste; Nattrass, Nicoli
    This paper analyses the socio-economic impact of providing antiretroviral therapy to AIDS-patients in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The analysis employs data from a 2002 panel study of AIDS-patients receiving ARV treatment. This sample is placed within a comparative context by reporting comparable data from a 2000/1 survey of Khayelitsha. The comparative analysis shows that ARV patients suffered higher rates of ill health and experienced lower labour force participation rates than the Khayelitsha sample. Findings from the 2002 panel survey indicate that, after one year of treatment, the health status and labour force participation rate improved significantly for ARV patients.
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    The impact of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on employment in Khayelitsha
    (2008) Coetzee, Celeste
    This paper examines the impact of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on labour force participation of people living with HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Cox Proportional Hazard Models with stratum effects for three medical clinics, and Accelerated Failure Time Models with individual specific unobserved shared effects (frailty), are estimated for transitions from inactivity to unemployment, and transitions from unemployment into employment, using a longitudinal data set. The findings of this study indicate that HAART leads to greater activity in the labour market, but there was not a strong effect on re-entry into employment.