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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Prostitution bears the unique title of being both the "world's
oldest profession" and one of the least understood occupations.
Unlike most of the crime and family literature, prostitution
appears to be have all the features of traditional markets: prices,
supply and demand considerations, variety in the organizational
structure, and policy relevance. Despite this, economists have
largely ignored prostitution in their research and writings. This
has been changing, however, over the last twenty years as greater
access to data has enabled economists to build better theories and
gain a better understanding of the organization of sex market. The
Oxford Hanbook of the Economics of Prostitution fills the gap in
our understanding. It brings together many of the top researchers
in the field who explain how the 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. What makes the
material unique is its explicit focus on economics as the primary
methodology for organizing our understanding of prostitution. The
Handbook brings to scholars' attention for the first time a
collection of original writings on prostitution that provides an
overview of what is known and what is not known in this area.
Researchers with an interest in underground markets, labor
economics, risky behaviors, marriage, and gender will find the
book's contents illuminating and path breaking.
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