Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191018 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 400
Publisher: 
European University Viadrina, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Frankfurt (Oder)
Abstract: 
Internationally, there is no consensus concerning the legal and moral judgment of prostitution. Nevertheless, there is an overwhelming agreement on the need to fight sexual slavery. We analyze how a law - introduced to punish clients of commercial sex services - affects market outcomes. More specifically, we examine how the so-called "neo-abolitionism" or "Nordic" prostitution regime impacts sexual slavery. The theoretical analysis reveals that this effect is ambiguous and crucially depends on the size of the deterrence effect and on local properties of the market demand. In addition, we highlight the conditions under which the composition of clients changes towards more risk-seeking individuals. Policy implications that arise are identified and discussed.
Subjects: 
Prostitution
Regulation
Forced Labor
Sexual Slavery
JEL: 
K42
L51
D42
J3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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