The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution

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ID19967097
EditorsScott Cunningham (0000-0003-0861-8676), Manisha Shah (0009-0005-6438-6162)
Year2016
Pages544
Publication date2016-12-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199915248.001.0001
OpenAlexW2387022250
Open LibraryOL27709429M
ISBN9780199915248
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Prostitution is one of the least understood occupations but appears to have all the features of traditional markets: prices, supply and demand considerations, variety in the organizational structure, and policy relevance. These are keystones of economics analysis. Greater access to data has enabled economists to build better theories and gain a better understanding of the organization of sex market. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution is a comprehensive economic analysis of prostitution. It examines how prostitution markets are organized across space and time, the role of technology in shaping labor supply and demand, the intersection of prostitution with trafficking, and the optimal use of law enforcement. Among the issues addressed are the determination of sex worker prices, sexual assault and sex workers, bargaining, and STD transmission in sex work. What makes the material unique is its explicit focus on economics as the primary methodology for organizing our understanding of prostitution. It sheds light on underground markets, labor economics, risky behaviors, marriage, and gender

Criminology · Economics · Enforcement · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Law enforcement · Microeconomics · Political science · Relevance (law) · Sex work · Sociology · Supply and demand · Variety (cybernetics) · Law · Sex work and related issues · Business & Economics · Economic aspects · Government policy · Labor · Prostitution · Sex-oriented businesses

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