Citation

Egger PH, Lindenblatt A. Eur. J. Health Econ. 2014; 16(9): 941-949.

Affiliation

ETH Zurich (KOF Swiss Economic Institute), CEPR, CESifo, GEP, and WIFO, ETH Zürich, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, LEE G 116, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich, Switzerland, egger@kof.ethz.ch.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10198-014-0640-2

PMID

25330858

Abstract

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.

Language: en