"This collection of essays, authored by experts across a wide range of disciplines, provides a gendered analysis of the economic choices and structures that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the impact of the epidemic on economic and social outcomes. Topics covered include: gender norms, perceptions of risk, and risk-taking behavior among specific populations of women, including sex workers in Nicaragua, African immigrants in France, and university students and urban migrant workers in China; malnutrition and poverty as precursors to HIV infection; gendered institutions and access to treatment; the invisible cost of caregiving.\An introductory essay briefly surveys the social science literature on the gendered nature of the epidemic and identifies key constructs of feminist economic theory that might be productively applied to understanding HIV/AIDS."-publisher description.

Essays previously published as a special issue of the journal Feminist Economics, vol. 14, issue 4.

Cecilia A. Conrad, Cheryl R. Doss --Nicoli Nattrass -- Alys Willman -- Eileen Stillwaggon -- Deborah Johnston -- Olagoke Akintola -- Dolorès Pourette -- Lanyan Chen. -- Introduction. -- The AIDS epidemic: challenges for feminist economics / -- Gender and access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa / -- Safety first, then condoms: commercial sex, risky behavior, and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Managua, Nicaragua / -- Race, sex, and the neglected risks for women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa / -- Bias, not error: assessments of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS using evidence from micro studies in Sub-Saharan Africa / -- Unpaid HIV/AIDS care in southern Africa: forms, context, and implications / -- Migratory paths, experiences of HIV/AIDS and sexuality: African women living with HIV/AIDS in France / -- Gendering China's strategy against HIV/AIDS: findings from a research project in Guangdong Province / Introduction. The AIDS epidemic: challenges for feminist economics / Cecilia A. Conrad, Cheryl R. Doss -- Gender and access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa / Nicoli Nattrass -- Safety first, then condoms: commercial sex, risky behavior, and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Managua, Nicaragua / Alys Willman -- Race, sex, and the neglected risks for women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa / Eileen Stillwaggon -- Bias, not error: assessments of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS using evidence from micro studies in Sub-Saharan Africa / Deborah Johnston -- Unpaid HIV/AIDS care in southern Africa: forms, context, and implications / Olagoke Akintola -- Migratory paths, experiences of HIV/AIDS and sexuality: African women living with HIV/AIDS in France / Dolore?s Pourette -- Gendering China's strategy against HIV/AIDS: findings from a research project in Guangdong Province / Lanyan Chen.