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War, migration and the origins of the Thai sex industry

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorBrodeur, Abel
dc.contributor.authorLekfuangfu, Nuarpear
dc.contributor.authorZylberberg, Yanos
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-20T15:54:04Z
dc.date.available2022-06-20T15:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the determinants behind the spatial distribution of the sex industry in Thailand. We relate the development of the sex industry to an early temporary demand shock, that is, US military presence during the Vietnam War. Comparing the surroundings of Thai military bases used by the US army to districts close to unused Thai bases, we find that there are currently five times more commercial sex workers in districts near former US bases. The development of the sex industry is also explained by a high price elasticity of supply due to female migration from regions affected by an agricultural crisis. Finally, we study a consequence induced by the large numbers of sex workers in few red-light districts: the HIV outbreak in the early 1990s.en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationBrodeur, A., Lekfuangfu, W. N., & Zylberberg, Y. (2017). War, Migration and the Origins of the Thai Sex Industry. Journal of the European Economic Association, , 16 (5), pp. 1540-1576es
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx037
dc.identifier.issn1542-4766
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1540es
dc.identifier.publicationissue5es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage1576es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleJournal of the European Economic Associationes
dc.identifier.publicationvolume16es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/35194
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000026636
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherOxford University Presses
dc.rights© The Authors 2017.en
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomíaes
dc.subject.jelO17
dc.subject.jelO18
dc.subject.jelN15
dc.subject.jelJ46
dc.subject.jelJ47
dc.subject.otherPersistenceen
dc.subject.otherIndustry locationen
dc.subject.otherSex industryen
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDen
dc.titleWar, migration and the origins of the Thai sex industryen
dc.typeresearch article*
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