Prostitution, Prostitution Everywhere
As a big fan of prostitution — er, I mean, as someone who’s very interested in the social, economic, legal, and psychological elements of prostitution — it’s always good to…
As a big fan of prostitution — er, I mean, as someone who’s very interested in the social, economic, legal, and psychological elements of prostitution — it’s always good to…
…of scale. Just imagine what WalMart or Goldman Sachs might do if they had access to this industry. Q. The Internet has revolutionized prostitution. In short, is street prostitution a…
…challenged – communicating for the purposes of prostitution, pimping and operating a common bawdy house. The answer is Ontario. More here, from the Globe and Mail. This means that prostitution…
Sam Lee of NYU and Petra Persson of Columbia send an e-mail: We have written a research paper [“Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution”] that theoretically analyzes the impact of prostitution…
…on turn-of-the-century prostitution, particularly the issue of “white slavery.” How has media portrayal changed towards prostitution? A: During the “white slavery” hysteria, prostitutes were considered victims whose souls needed to…
…outdoor prostitution probably created extensive demand for sexual services. This positive and more than proportional elasticity between prostitution and population was especially true in dense areas such as Paris, because…
…concerning prices and services) as well as methodology, the historical changes and context of street prostitution, and even how the prostitutes engage in what economists call price discrimination, or charging…
San Franciscans will soon vote on whether their city should decriminalize prostitution. Supporters say that taking prostitution out of the black market will improve the safety and health of sex…
…will include prostitution and illegal drug sales in the gross domestic product calculation this year, a boost for its chronically stagnant economy and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s effort to meet…
…because her words below say it all. Maxine has taught me a lot about prostitution and the sex trade in general. She has been instrumental in helping me craft my…
…sexes — whether real or perceived — probably doesn’t help. Q. How do you feel about the legalization of prostitution? – A. A. I feel that prostitution should be legal….
…least for a while.) Web site puts `johns’ on the spot City anti-prostitution plan unfair, critics say By Gary Washburn and Charles Sheehan Tribune staff reporters Published June 22, 2005…
Photo: Jon Hurd We’ve written about prostitution more than a few times on this blog, and in SuperFreakonomics, we devoted an entire chapter to the economics of prostitution. Now comes…
(Comstock) Freakonomics is no stranger to studying prostitution, as discussed in Superfreakonomics. We are slightly less familiar, however, with a gray area of prostitution — “dating websites” that connect rich…
…garnered more attention — and criticism, for portraying prostitution as a glamorous career choice — the woman behind Belle de Jour struggled to keep her anonymity. This month, as an…
…think your life would change if prostitution were made legal? A. I’m sure it would cause me to lower my rates. I’m sure more people would take up prostitution as…
…prostitution?” Steve discusses these questions, and more, with Max, an M.I.T cosmologist, physicist, and machine-learning expert — who was once almost an economist. He also tells Steve why we should…
I have been researching prostitution markets since the mid 1990’s. Much of my work has been in based Chicago, New York, and, more recently, Paris. Steve Levitt and I recently…
Pretend you work at a mid-size advertising agency. Would you rather … 1. Be arrested for minor embezzlement and get fired? 2. Be arrested for prostitution (or, more likely, solicitation…
That is the finding of our informal “Would You Rather” poll, asking if you’d rather be arrested for embezzlement or prostitution. By a measure of nearly 4-to-1, you chose prostitution….
…are working on a project concerning modern-day street prostitutes in Chicago. As such, I thought it would be important to learn something about the city’s prostitution in an earlier age….
Prostitution gets a technology upgrade. The new pricing scale for prostitution. (Earlier) Could adding vinegar make biofuels less inefficient? (Earlier) Are self-experimenters good for science? (Earlier)…
…has pleaded guilty to running a prostitution operation, saying he needed the extra money to make up for a pay cut because of the downturn in the newspaper business,” reports…
In the first chapter of SuperFreakonomics, we write at some length about the economics of prostitution, both among street prostitutes and a high-end call girls. One of the most interesting…
What happens when the most disturbing ideas are also the best?
In this episode, we speculate what would happen if economists got to run the world. Hear from a high-end call girl; an Estonian who ran his country according to the…
…income and voilà! – the perfect Darwinian couple is created. Because the expectation is short term, it’s flirting with the title of an escort service, or worse, prostitution.” While she…
…Sun-Times. Writing an open letter to the new superintendent of the Chicago Police Dept., Berman, a human sexuality expert, brings up the Levitt-Venkatesh working paper on Chicago street prostitution and…
…arguments to its benefit: price discrimination. Mary MacPherson Lane writes in an AP article: The bordellos in the capital of Germany, where prostitution is legal, have seen business suffer with…
…one week for soliciting prostitution. I guess that tells you what Kenyuata thinks of the stigma of the internet site. It also tells you Kenyuata is mighty unlucky. He was…
