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100			_aManian, Shanthi _9123737
245		0	_aHealth Certification in Sex Markets: A Field Experiment in Dakar, Senegal
260			_bEconomic Development and Cultural Change
260			_c2024
300			_a243-272
520			_a“Legalization and regulation” is a common approach to sex work regulation that eliminates some criminal penalties if sex workers obtain government health certification. In theory, by allowing sex workers to credibly disclose their health status, certification should enable higher prices. Yet certification rates in developing countries are typically low. I explore barriers to certification in Dakar, Senegal. I randomly offered uncertified sex workers information and an incentive covering the monetary cost of certification. This incentive only marginally increased certification. Individual- and transaction-level analysis show no evidence for a certification price premium and reveal that internalized stigma deters certification.
650			_a Senegal _9123738
650			_a Sex Markets _9123739
650			_a Sex Workers _967803
650			_aHealth Certification _9123740
856			_uhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727262
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