Publication Date
January 2001
Recommended Citation
Levy, Amnon, A Lifetime Portfolio of Risky and Risk-Free Sexual Behaviour and the Prevalence of AIDS, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, 2001.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/commwkpapers/35
Abstract
A lifetime portfolio of risky and risk-free sexual activities is conceptually constructed in this paper. People’s time allocation between risky and riskfree sexual activities affects, and is affected by, the prevalence of AIDS. A small satisfaction differential between risky sex and risk-free sex can lead to a significant prevalence of AIDS. Numerical simulations suggest that the reduction in the prevalence of AIDS generated by a one percent improvement in the sensual quality of freely distributed condoms can be 0.855 percent when the initial satisfaction differential between risky sex and risk-free sex is 50 percent, or 0.464 percent when the initial satisfaction differential is 100 percent. (JEL I19, J17, D91)
Publication Details
Levy, A, A Lifetime Portfolio of Risky and Risk-Free Sexual Behaviour and the Prevalence of AIDS, Working Paper 01-04, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, 2001.