A Theory of Prostitution
提出婚姻市场解释，说明为何卖淫是低技能、劳动密集、女性主导且高薪的职业，并分析贫困、男性收入、性别比例等因素对卖淫水平的影响。
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 decrease with male income if wives and prostitutes are drawn from the same pool of women. We point to the role of male sex ratios, and males in transit, in sustaining high levels of prostitution, and we discuss possible reasons for its low reputation and implications for marriage patterns.