title: Endogenous risk-taking and physical appearance of sex workers.
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.
authors.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.
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg, Bergheimerstrasse 58, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany. lindenblatt@uni-hd.de.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindenblatt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000067029:Physical Appearance, Body; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Health economics; Risk-taking; Sexual workers