Sex work vs. sexual exploitation in the European Union: what are the likely guesstimates for prostitution?
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2016
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Adair, Philippe
Nezhyvenko, Oksana
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Prostitution regimes in the EU-28 include prohibition, regulation and abolition; economics literature tackles this typology from the perspective of both free sex work and forced labour. We review the data sources on the demand-side and the supply-side in order to gauge how large is the sex market and informal employment for sex workers. We calculate Estimates 1A and 1B from miscellaneous sources, whereas HIV prevalence among sex workers provides Estimates 2A and 2B. We calculate Estimate 3 from victims of sexual forced labour trafficking. We design an OLS model to test the five Estimates of prostitution according to GDP per capita, legislation, supply-side and demand-side variables. Last, we assess which might be the most likely Estimates as regards GDP enhancement in 2010, with respect to National Accounts adjustment for illegal production and consumption expenditure. Hence, we come up with a lower bound Estimate that may be used as a benchmark for macroeconomic policy.
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Informal employment, National Accounts, Non Observed Economy, sex work, sexual exploitation trafficking
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Adair Philippe. Sex work vs. sexual exploitation in the European Union: what are the likely guesstimates for prostitution? / Adair P., Nezhyvenko O. // Proceedings of the 6th Economic & Finance Conference, OECD Headquarters, Paris, 6-9 September 2016 , IISES. - 2016. - 33 p.