Prostitution is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid. This paper proposes a marriage market explanation to this puzzle. If a prostitute compromises her marriage market prospects, she will have to be compensated for forgone marriage market opportunities. We discuss the link between poverty and prostitution and show that prostitution may decrease with male income if wives and prostitutes are drawn from the same pool of women. We point to the role of male sex ratios, and males in transit, in sustaining high levels of prostitution, and we discuss possible reasons for its low reputation and implications for marriage patterns.
I. Male heterosexual prostitution, women paying men for sexual services, is seldom mentioned in disc...
Abstract: Framing prostitution as an economic exchange, this paper evaluates some of the consequence...
Edlund and Korn [2002] (EK) proposed that prostitutes are well paid and that the wage premium reflec...
Prostitution is a profession that is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid. This paper p...
This paper presents an economic model of prostitution, which differs from the existing literature in...
National audienceThis paper builds and tests a model of marriage as an incomplete contract that aris...
This paper studies the hypothesis that marriage opportunities are an economic determinant of female...
Researchers studying prostitution and/or domestic service in a wide range of times and places have l...
The provision of sexual favours for financial reward has probably been institutionalized in the form...
This paper analyzes the interaction between socioeconomic factors and the value and prevalence of fe...
This paper examines why developed countries are monogamous while rich men throughout history have te...
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive m...
Over the centuries, prostitution has been problematised from many sides, with women always at the ce...
International audienceIn order to credibly “sell” legitimate children to their spouse, women must fo...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
I. Male heterosexual prostitution, women paying men for sexual services, is seldom mentioned in disc...
Abstract: Framing prostitution as an economic exchange, this paper evaluates some of the consequence...
Edlund and Korn [2002] (EK) proposed that prostitutes are well paid and that the wage premium reflec...
Prostitution is a profession that is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid. This paper p...
This paper presents an economic model of prostitution, which differs from the existing literature in...
National audienceThis paper builds and tests a model of marriage as an incomplete contract that aris...
This paper studies the hypothesis that marriage opportunities are an economic determinant of female...
Researchers studying prostitution and/or domestic service in a wide range of times and places have l...
The provision of sexual favours for financial reward has probably been institutionalized in the form...
This paper analyzes the interaction between socioeconomic factors and the value and prevalence of fe...
This paper examines why developed countries are monogamous while rich men throughout history have te...
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive m...
Over the centuries, prostitution has been problematised from many sides, with women always at the ce...
International audienceIn order to credibly “sell” legitimate children to their spouse, women must fo...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
I. Male heterosexual prostitution, women paying men for sexual services, is seldom mentioned in disc...
Abstract: Framing prostitution as an economic exchange, this paper evaluates some of the consequence...
Edlund and Korn [2002] (EK) proposed that prostitutes are well paid and that the wage premium reflec...