The economic impact of HIV/AIDS on small, medium and large enterprises
Date
2006
Authors
Ellis L.L.
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Based on the Bureau of Economic Research (BER's) 2005 HIV/AIDS survey, this paper provides a snapshot view of the nature and the extent of the impact of HIV/AIDS on companies of different sizes in South Africa, as well as their response to the epidemic. Whereas the focus of most of the previous workplace surveys has been on "evaluating workplace responses", the present study also considers the economic impact of HIV/AIDS. This study provides evidence of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the largest sample of small, medium and large companies in South Africa to date. The survey results suggest that employer responses are strongly linked to company size, with the majority of medium and large companies indicating that they have an HIV/AIDS policy in place and small companies having done little in the way of action against the epidemic. © 2006 The Author. Journal compilation © 2006 Economic Society of South Africa.
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acquired immune deficiency syndrome, debt, economic development, economic impact, human immunodeficiency virus, small and medium-sized enterprise, workplace, Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ziziphus mauritiana
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South African Journal of Economics
74
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74
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