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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta / Lokshin, Michael
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lokshin, Michael
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent Health.
- Aids.
- Aids Crisis.
- AIDS HIV.
- Commercial Sex.
- Commercial Sex Workers.
- Condom Use.
- Condoms.
- Gender.
- Gender and Health.
- Health Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Health Services.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Heterosexual Sex.
- High Risk Of Infection.
- High-Risk.
- Infections.
- National Aids Control.
- Population Policies.
- Risk Behavior.
- Safe Sex.
- Sex.
- Sex Partners.
- Sex Practices.
- Sex Workers.
- Sexual Partners.
- Young Adults.
- Local Subjects:
- Adolescent Health.
- Aids.
- Aids Crisis.
- AIDS HIV.
- Commercial Sex.
- Commercial Sex Workers.
- Condom Use.
- Condoms.
- Gender.
- Gender and Health.
- Health Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Health Services.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Heterosexual Sex.
- High Risk Of Infection.
- High-Risk.
- Infections.
- National Aids Control.
- Population Policies.
- Risk Behavior.
- Safe Sex.
- Sex.
- Sex Partners.
- Sex Practices.
- Sex Workers.
- Sexual Partners.
- Young Adults.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 1999
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- May 2000 - Prostitution is often called the world's oldest profession, yet economists almost never study it. The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered central to preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries - yet sex workers in Calcutta who regularly use condoms suffer a 79 percent loss in their average earnings per sex act. The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered central to preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries. Rao, Gupta, and Jana estimate the compensating differential for condom use among sex workers in Calcutta, based on results from a survey conducted in 1993. If, as suggested by anecdotal evidence, this loss in income is large, it would indicate the existence of strong disincentives for practicing safe sex. To identify the relationship between condom use and the average price per sex act, they follow an instrumental variable approach, exploiting an intervention program focused on providing information about the AIDS virus and about safe sex practices. The program, instituted in 1992, was not systematically administered. Using this method, they found that sex workers who always use condoms face a loss of 79 percent in the average earnings per sex act. This paper - a product of Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the behavior underlying HIV/AIDS transmission. Vijayendra Rao may be contacted at vrao@worldbank.org.
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