reputable arranged-marriage market that is prone to strong caste-status based discrimination. We place newspaper advertisements …

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 …

) prostitutes. The theoretical model is able to replicate quite well some stylized facts from the prostitution market. Furthermore …

and the deep parameters of the consumption function are estimated using aggregate euro area data. The novel element in our …