Risk attitude, risky behavior, and price determination in the sex market: A case study of Yangon, Myanmar
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- Hiroyuki Yamada & Yuki Kanayama & Kanako Yoshikawa & Kyaw Wai Aung, 2023. "Risk attitude, risky behaviour and price determination in the sex market: A case study of Yangon, Myanmar," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 665-691, December.
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Keywords
Commercial sex work; female sex worker; risk attitude; transaction price; Myanmar;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
- O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2020-08-24 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-MAC-2020-08-24 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-SEA-2020-08-24 (South East Asia)
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