Sex workers and the cost of safe sex: the compensating differential for condom use among Calcutta prostitutes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Rao, V; Gupta, I; Lokshin, M; Jana, S
• 署名单位: The World Bank
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00025-7
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 585-603
• 关键词: HIV-AIDS; economics of prostitution; Compensating differentials

摘要

Anecdotal evidence suggests that sex workers who use condoms face large income losses because clients have a preference for condom-free sex. This has important implications for AIDS policy. We estimate the compensating differential for condom use employing data from a random sample of sex workers in Calcutta. We rely on a natural experiment-the nonsystematic placement of sex workers in a safe sex information program-to identify the relationship between condom use and the price for sex. We find that sex workers who always use condoms face large losses of between 66% (FIML) and 79% (IV). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.