Code for: Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Samuel Lee, Santa Clara University; Petra Persson, Stanford University
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Project Citation:
Lee, Samuel, and Persson, Petra. Code for: Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-07-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E148541V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Code accompanying article with the following abstract: Certain markets are illicit because part of the supply is coerced, but little is known about the optimal regulation of such markets. We model a prostitution market with voluntary and coerced prostitutes and ask
what regulation can restore the benchmark outcome that would arise under laissez-faire absent coercion. Whereas current policies -- decriminalization, criminalization of the buy or sell sides, and licensing -- are ineffective against trafficking or harm voluntary suppliers, we show that an alternative policy can restore the benchmark outcome. Our results are relevant to the ongoing debate about decriminalizing prostitution and provide guidance for empirical work on prostitution regulation.
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JEL Classification:
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J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J28 Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
J46 Informal Labor Markets
J47 Coercive Labor Markets
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J28 Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
J46 Informal Labor Markets
J47 Coercive Labor Markets
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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