Tracing the Migration of Prostitution in Response to Legislative Changes

• In Event: Technology, Law and Social Control

Brief Overview

Through a formal model and empirical evidence, we conclude that stricter crime measures on organized prostitution result in a dispersed, covert criminal prostitution industry, ultimately raising policing expenses.

Authors

• Yingjie Fan, Princeton University

• Xuancheng Qian, Princeton University

• Leo Yang, Stanford University