Replication Data for: Health Certification in Sex Markets: A Field Experiment in Dakar, Senegal

Replication files for \"Health Certification in Sex Markets: A Field Experiment in Dakar, Senegal.\" Abstract: \"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.

《塞内加尔达喀尔性工作市场中的健康认证：一项田野实验》的复现数据集。摘要：“合法化与监管”是性工作监管的常见模式，即若性工作者取得政府核发的健康认证，则可豁免部分刑事处罚。理论上，通过允许性工作者如实披露自身健康状况，健康认证应使其能够获得更高的交易价格。然而，发展中国家的健康认证普及率普遍偏低。本研究聚焦塞内加尔达喀尔地区，探究健康认证的阻碍因素。研究团队随机为未持有健康认证的性工作者提供健康认证相关信息，并补贴其办理认证所需的全部费用，但该激励措施仅小幅提升了认证率。个体层面与交易层面的分析均未发现健康认证可带来价格溢价的证据，同时揭示出内化污名是阻碍性工作者申请认证的关键因素。