On the Association between Prostitution Regulation and Rape
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This paper proposes a theoretical model that connects rape and prostitution taking
into account the substitutive relationship between the two recently documented in the
economic literature. First, it provides a theoretical underpinning of the close connection
between rape and the prostitution market (i.e. supply and demand). Second, it
studies the effects of the most popular prostitution regulations on rape. Using legalized
prostitution as a benchmark, this paper finds that both the Nordic and Dutch
model increase rape, being the effect of the former larger than that of the latter. Estimated
correlations using a panel data of European countries offer suggestive evidence
in favor of these findings.
This paper proposes a theoretical model that connects rape and prostitution taking
into account the substitutive relationship between the two recently documented in the
economic literature. First, it provides a theoretical underpinning of the close connection
between rape and the prostitution market (i.e. supply and demand). Second, it
studies the effects of the most popular prostitution regulations on rape. Using legalized
prostitution as a benchmark, this paper finds that both the Nordic and Dutch
model increase rape, being the effect of the former larger than that of the latter. Estimated
correlations using a panel data of European countries offer suggestive evidence
in favor of these findings.
