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Sex markets : a denied industry / Marina Della Giusta, Maria Laura Di Tommaso and Steinar Strm̜.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 6.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: x, 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780415397179 (hardcover)
  • 0415397170 (hardcover)
  • 9780415423724 (softcover)
  • 0415423724 (softcover)
  • 9780203929506 (ebook)
  • 0203929500 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.4/40973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ115 .D45 2008
Contents:
List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Studying sex work -- 1.1. Conceptualising sex work -- 1.2. Social sciences and sex work -- 1.3. Economics and sex work -- pt. 2. A reputation approach to the analysis of the sex market -- 2.1. The demand side, the clients -- 2.2. The supply side -- 2.3. Market equilibrium -- 2.4. The sex market when norms are endogenous -- 2.5. Different markets and policies : decriminalisation, criminalisation, abolitionism -- pt. 3. Empirical application -- 3.1. The demand side : clients of street sex workers in the US -- 3.1.1. Description of the data -- 3.1.2. Modelling demand and risk aversion -- 3.1.3. Empirical estimates -- 3.1.4. Results -- 3.2. A specific segment of the supply side : sexually exploited trafficked women -- 3.2.1. Definition of trafficking and exploitation -- 3.2.2. Description of the IOM data set -- Conclusions -- pt. 4. Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [87]-90) and index.

List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Studying sex work -- 1.1. Conceptualising sex work -- 1.2. Social sciences and sex work -- 1.3. Economics and sex work -- pt. 2. A reputation approach to the analysis of the sex market -- 2.1. The demand side, the clients -- 2.2. The supply side -- 2.3. Market equilibrium -- 2.4. The sex market when norms are endogenous -- 2.5. Different markets and policies : decriminalisation, criminalisation, abolitionism -- pt. 3. Empirical application -- 3.1. The demand side : clients of street sex workers in the US -- 3.1.1. Description of the data -- 3.1.2. Modelling demand and risk aversion -- 3.1.3. Empirical estimates -- 3.1.4. Results -- 3.2. A specific segment of the supply side : sexually exploited trafficked women -- 3.2.1. Definition of trafficking and exploitation -- 3.2.2. Description of the IOM data set -- Conclusions -- pt. 4. Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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