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We value your privacy. The phenomenon of prostitution is an important determinant for marriage, divorce, intra-family bargaining power, and polygamous activity, and has been a touchstone of government regulation. R ecently, new communications technologies have changed the industrial organization of prostitution suppliers, potentially expanding this underground market in developed countries.
We describe the institutions of prostitution as they exist in developed countries and how technology has affected these institutions.
We describe several databases researchers can employ to study modern prostitution and we illustrate the value of these data with several empirical analyses, including a hedonic valuation of prostitute characteristics and services, an analysis of the effects of an important change in the regulation of prostitute advertisement, and an estimate of the marital and family characteristics of technology-facilitated prostitutes.
Figures - uploaded by Anthony Scott Cunningham. Author content All content in this area was uploaded by Anthony Scott Cunningham. Content may be subject to copyright. Age Distribution of Prostitution Arrests, and Content uploaded by Anthony Scott Cunningham. Department of Economics, Baylor University. All errors ar e the responsibility of the authors. While variously encouraged, sa nctioned, prohibited, and taxed in different societies under.
