Sex Markets: A Denied Industry

by Marina Della Giusta, Maria Di Tommaso, Steinar Strøm

Overview

Empirical and mathematically rigorous, this book provides a study of the economics of prostitution rather than focusing on the sociological and cultural themes. Using economic tools of analysis, internationally based editors have put together a theoretically informed volume that explores the supply and demand of prostitution.Prostitution is a globa

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134153541
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/19/2008
Series:	Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	679 KB

About the Author

Marina Della Giusta is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Reading University Business School, UK. Maria Laura Di Tommaso is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin, Italy. Steinar Strøm is Professor in Economics at the University of Oslo, Norway and the University of Turin, Italy.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Studying Prostitution 1.1. Conceptualising Prostitution 1.2. Social Sciences and Prostitution 1.3. Economics and Prostitution Part 2: A Reputation Approach to Prostitution 2.1. The Demand Side 2.2. The Supply Side 2.3. Equilibrium 2.4. The Market for Prostitution when Norms are Endogenous 2.5. Different Markets and Policies Part 3: Empirical Application 3.1. The Demand Side: Clients of Street Sex Workers in the US 3.2. A Specific Segment of the Supply Side: Sexually Exploited Trafficked Women