Do sex workers respond to disease? Evidence from the male market for sex

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 445-450

  Shah, Manisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; SEX WORKER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

CONDOMS; ECUADOR; HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84879085732     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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