Endogenous risk-taking and physical appearance of sex workers
Previous research found that physical appearance affects the risk-taking of sex workers through offering unprotected services. This paper utilizes a large individual-level data set covering 16,583 pay-for-sex contracts in 2011 and 2012 by 2,517 female suppliers in Germany. Results based on instrumen...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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The European journal of health economics
Year: 2014, Volume: 16, Issue: 9, Pages: 941-949 |
| ISSN: | 1618-7601 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10198-014-0640-2 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0640-2
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| Author Notes: | Peter H. Egger, Andreas Lindenblatt |
| Summary: | Previous research found that physical appearance affects the risk-taking of sex workers through offering unprotected services. This paper utilizes a large individual-level data set covering 16,583 pay-for-sex contracts in 2011 and 2012 by 2,517 female suppliers in Germany. Results based on instrumental variables suggest that the incentive for risk-taking is about twice as high than when assuming random assignment of risk-taking. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 21 October 2014 Gesehen am 09.07.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1618-7601 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10198-014-0640-2 |