Who is watching? the market for prostitution services

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 501-516

  Giusta, Marina Della ^a   Di Tommaso, Maria Laura ^b,c   Strøm, Steinar ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CHILD   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender; Prostitution; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449105951     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0136-9     Document Type: Article

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