Drawing on original empirical data with men who buy sex, this book takes a fresh look at the
relationships clients have with female sex workers. The core questions that form the …

The use of Internet technology for solicitation by sex workers has raised important legal and
regulatory questions. We provide a description of the new institutions that facilitate …

International trafficking in humans for sexual exploitation is an economic activity driven by
profit motives. Laws regarding commercial sex influence the profitability of trafficking and …

Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have
spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health …

This paper seeks to analyse the expansion of commercial sex through processes of
mainstreaming in economic and social institutions. We argue that cultural changes and neo …

The invisibility of men and boys in scholarly discussions of the global sex trade was
analyzed through a sample of 166 recent articles published in social science journals. Most …

This paper presents an economic model of prostitution that differs from the existing literature
in that it makes no restrictive assumptions regarding the gender, pay, and nature of forgone …

Available evidence, largely arecdotal suggests that students are turning to quick ways of
making money such as work in the sex industry in order to balance their finances, a trend …

This contribution assesses attitudes toward prostitution in Norway and Sweden, where it is
illegal to buy sex. Sweden's law was put into place in 1999, and Norway followed in 2009 …

We document how prostitution markets reacted to the Covid-19 induced lockdown mid-
March 2020, based on unique data for the Netherlands and Belgium. Anecdotal evidence …