Risky business: the market for unprotected commercial sex
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22/12/2014
22/12/2014
10/11/2003
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Resumo |
Each day close to 20,000 people become infected with the HIV virus worldwide; a large portion of whom are infected through unprotected sex with sex workers. While condoms are an effective defense against the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, large numbers of sex workers are not using them with their clients. We argue that some sex workers are willing to take the risk because clients are willing to pay more to avoid using condoms. Using a panel data set from Mexico, we estimate that sex workers received a 23 percent premium for unprotected sex from clients who requested not to use a condom. However, this premium jumped to 46 percent if the sex worker was considered very attractive. These results suggest that the current policies aimed at educating sex workers about risk, empowering them and improving their access to condoms need to be complemented with interventions aimed at teaching clients about the “joy of safe sex” thereby increasing the demand for using condoms. |
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Idioma(s) |
en_US |
Publicador |
Fundação Getulio Vargas. Escola de Pós-graduação em Economia |
Relação |
Seminários de Almoço da EPGE |
Direitos |
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Palavras-Chave | #Risco #Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis #Preservativos |
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Working Paper |