Full Citation

Title: Economic Theories and Empirics on the Sex Market

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2016

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: In"A Theory of Prostitution" (Edlund and Korn 2002), a model was proposed (hereafter referred to as the EK model) in which prostitution is seen as an alternative to marriage According to Edlund and Korn, "prostitution is a low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid." Because prostitution has such as unusal combination of attributes. traditional labor theories might not be able to explain the wage difference . . .

Url: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=w5vSDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&ots=McyxP2NbM0&sig=g41F-9v7AV6k5REGXlnysRWLRgI#v=onepage&q=IPUMS%2520OR%2520%2522Integrated%2520Public%2520Use%2522%2520OR%2520NHGIS%2520OR%2520%2522National%2520Historical%2520Geograp

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Peng, Handie

Editors: Cunningham, Scott; Shah, Manisha

Pages:

Volume Title: The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publisher Location: Oxford, England, UK

Volume:

Edition:

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

Countries: