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

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 585-603

  Rao, Vijayendra ^a   Gupta, Indrani ^b   Lokshin, Michael ^a   Jana, Smarajit ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^c All India Inst of Hyg/Pub Hlth   (India)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Economics of prostitution; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; ECONOMICS; PROSTITUTION;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; KOLKATA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0037594897     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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