NBER Digest: Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India

Dozens of nations in recent years have implemented programs guaranteeing…

LA Weekly: LEGALIZING PROSTITUTION COULD REDUCE RAPES, STDS?

What would happen if prostitution were “decriminalized.” Rhode…

Slate: It’s Time for Legalized Prostitution

The stigma associated with selling sex remains strong, as is…

KCRW: Effects of Legal Prostitution

LISTEN15 MIN Back in 2003, Rhode Island lawmakers realized…

WaPo: When Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution, rape decreased sharply

For the next six years until legislators corrected their error,…

Vox: Study: Rhode Island accidentally decriminalized prostitution, and good things happened

In a new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research,…

WSJ: Researchers: Decriminalized Prostitution in Rhode Island Led to Fewer Rape, Gonorrhea Cases

A loophole in Rhode Island law that effectively decriminalized…

Slate: If God Were an Accountant

Being a soldier is risky; so is being a drug dealer or prostitute.…

Freakonomics: The Economy of Desire

In a study of Mexican prostitution, economists showed that when…