Journal of Development Economics
Volume 111, In Progress (November 2014)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03043878/110

The economic consequences of AIDS mortality in South Africa
Cally Ardington, Till Bärnighausen, Anne Case, Alicia Menendez
Original Research Article
Pages 48-60
Highlights
:: Households with an AIDS death are poorer than other households long before the death.
:: Following a death due to AIDS, households are observed being poorer still.
:: The socioeconomic losses following AIDS deaths and sudden deaths are very similar.
:: Funeral expenses and financing explain some of the impoverishing effects of death.
:: ART has not yet changed the socioeconomic status gradient observed in AIDS deaths.