j**********e
发帖数: 442 | 1 大家去中国做个field study，可以发表在JPE上
Journal of Political Economy:
A Theory of Prostitution
http://the-idea-shop.com/papers/prostitution.pdf
Abstract
Prostitution is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid. This
paper proposes a marriage market explanation to this puzzle. If a
prostitute compromises her marriage market prospects, she will have
to be compensated for forgone marriage market opportunities. We
discuss the link between poverty and prostitution and show that prostitution
may decreas | z********u
发帖数: 30 | 2 It seems that economics is so ambitious or in other words, arrogant.
prostitution
【在 j**********e 的大作中提到】
: 大家去中国做个field study，可以发表在JPE上
: Journal of Political Economy:
: A Theory of Prostitution
: http://the-idea-shop.com/papers/prostitution.pdf
: Abstract
: Prostitution is low-skill, labor intensive, female, and well paid. This
: paper proposes a marriage market explanation to this puzzle. If a
: prostitute compromises her marriage market prospects, she will have
: to be compensated for forgone marriage market opportunities. We
: discuss the link between poverty and prostitution and show that prostitution
| j**********e
发帖数: 442 | 3 Let's apply for a grant and do some field surveys for the study.
"An Empirical Investigation on Sex Workers in China"
Let's use fancy econometric models, like Heckman 2-step, difference in difference, at least this paper can get published in Journal of Labor Economics
Definitely sensational.
【在 z********u 的大作中提到】
: It seems that economics is so ambitious or in other words, arrogant.
:
: prostitution
| l******n
发帖数: 213 | 4 汗。。。申请一点grant然后实地考察一下prostitution。。。
要不要搞个prositution service index... |
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