This study uses the Statistics Canada Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) to test gender earnings disparities for management and professional employees who work hours in excess of the full-time weekly standard. The hypothesis is that lower unpaid overtime hours for women leads to a lower overall...

This article combines case study interviews with the tools of economic cost-benefit analysis to estimate the lifelong effects for individuals in Manitoba, Canada, who began engaging in prostitution as youths. The empirical findings reveal that sex workers retain only a small portion of their...

Youth engagement in sex-trade activities leads to a significant demand on public resources absorbed into the treatment of drug and alcohol addictions, the criminal justice and health systems, income assistance, and housing support. Based on interviews with transitioned sex-trade workers, we...