Rebecca L. Thornton
Funded Research:
Fertility, Intergenerational Transfers, and Economic Development in South Africa (Hewlett)
Measuring the Effect of Aging on Perceptions and Behavior (NIA)
Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Michigan.
Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Harvard University
Dr. Thornton's research focuses on issues related to health and education in developing countries and has involved field-experiments in Africa and South Asia. Current work includes examining how learning HIV results affect savings and investment behavior, measuring how financial incentives to stay HIV negative affect sexual behavior, and examining how menstruation affects education and labor force participation.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Obare, F., P. Fleming, P. Anglewicz, Rebecca L. Thornton, F. Martinson, A. Kapatuka, M. Poulin, S. Watkins, and H.P. Kohler. 2009. "Acceptance of repeat population-based voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Malawi." Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85(2): 139-144. DOI:10.1136/sti.2008.030320. Public Access.
Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca L. Thornton. 2009. "Incentives to learn." Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(3): 437-456.
Angotti, Nicole, Agatha Bula, Lauren Gaydosh, Eitan Zeev Kimchi, Rebecca L. Thornton, and Sara E. Yeatman. 2009. "Increasing the acceptability of HIV counseling and testing with three C's: Convenience, confidentiality and credibility." Social Science & Medicine, 68(12): 2263-2270. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.041. Licensed Access.
Thornton, Rebecca L. 2008. "The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status." American Economic Review, 98(5): 1829-1863. DOI:10.1257/aer.98.5.1829. Public Access. Worldcat.
Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca L. Thornton. 2005. "Incentives to Learn." Education Next, Spring.
Other Reports
Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca L. Thornton. 2004. "Incentives to learn." NBER Working Paper no. 10971.
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Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
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Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
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