Premium sex: Factors influencing the negotiated price of unprotected sex by female sex workers in Mexico

Adela de la Torre, Arthur Havenner, Katherine Adams and Justin Ng
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Adela de la Torre: University of California at Davis, http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/chpr/profiles/delatorre.html
Arthur Havenner: University of California at Davis, http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/info.php?id=17
Katherine Adams: University of California at Davis, http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/
Justin Ng: University of California at Davis, http://www.ucdavis.edu

Journal of Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 13, 67-90

Abstract: This paper examines economic, sociocultural, and behavioral risk factors that influence the compensating price difference (premium paid) between sex with and without a condom for female sex workers (FSWs) in U.S.-Mexico border cities. Field data collected in Ciudad Juarez on the price of sex with and without a condom for the same FSW respondent allowed calculation of the price premium for unprotected sex based on these paired prices, holding unobservable characteristics constant. A Tobit model was used to identify the factors determining the price premium. Key predictors of a larger price premium for sex without a condom included: length of time as a FSW; number of male clients; and participation in HIV education. Key predictors of a decrease in the price premium for unprotected sex included: age; a bad financial situation; frequent alcohol consumption before or during sex; and frequent drug use before or during sex.

Keywords: prostitution; sex work; HIV/STI; sex price premiums; border health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J44 N36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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