Who is Watching? The Market for Prostitution Services
16 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2011
Date Written: 2005
Abstract
This paper presents an economic model of prostitution that differs from the existing literature in that it makes no restrictive assumptions regarding the gender, pay, and nature of forgone earning opportunities of prostitutes and clients, and applies the same behavioural hypotheses to both. Our model gives a central role of stigma and reputation effects to both clients and prostitutes. We discuss demand, supply, and equilibrium results, indicating the possible effects of different policies on the industry and its different markets.
Keywords: Prostitution, Gender, Reputation
JEL Classification: J16, J22, J23
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Della Giusta, Marina and Di Tommaso, Maria L. and Stroem, Steinar, Who is Watching? The Market for Prostitution Services (2005). Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 22, p. 501, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1803432 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1803432
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