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Bargaining Power and Indicators of Well-Being among Brothel-Based Sex Workers in India

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This study looks at determinants of bargaining power and well-being among women in sex work in India. Drawing on a questionnaire-based field survey of brothel-based sex workers from Delhi and Kolkata carried out between June and December 2013, it uses the capabilities approach to understand individual, occupational, and institutional determinants of bargaining power and well-being. The study considers bargaining power to be a latent, unobservable variable and estimates it using structural equation modeling. Findings indicate that both institutional and occupational factors play significant roles. The study differentiates between objective and subjective bargaining power. Some factors that play a significant role in determining objective bargaining power, such as years spent in sex work and residence in a brothel, may not play a role in determining subjective bargaining power. Conversely, factors such as marital status and caste play a significant role in determining subjective but not objective bargaining power.

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  • Neha Hui, 2017. "Bargaining Power and Indicators of Well-Being among Brothel-Based Sex Workers in India," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(3), pages 49-76, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:23:y:2017:i:3:p:49-76
    DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2017.1315440
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    1. 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.
    2. Shakthi Nataraj & Sutapa Majumdar, 2021. "Theorizing the Continuities Between Marriage and Sex Work in the Experience of Female Sex Workers in Pune, Maharashtra," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Agenjo-Calderón, Astrid, 2021. "The economization of life in 21st-century neoliberal capitalism: A systematic review from a feminist political economy perspective," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 185-192.
    4. Sonnabend, Hendrik & Stadtmann, Georg, 2018. "Good intentions and unintended evil? Adverse effects of criminalizing clients in paid sex markets with voluntary and involuntary prostitution," Discussion Papers 400, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Department of Business Administration and Economics.
    5. Ryan, Martha S. & Nambiar, Devaki & Ferguson, Laura, 2019. "Sex work-related stigma: Experiential, symbolic and structural forms in the health systems of Delhi, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 228(C), pages 85-92.

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