These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Taggert Brooks (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM
Session: The Economics of Paid Sex Markets (AEA)
Presiding: Alan Krueger (Princeton University)

An Empirical Analysis of Street Prostitutes
Steve Levitt (University of Chicago )
Sudhir Venkatesh (Columbia University)

Enforcing Licensing Requirements: Implications for Disease Transmission in the Sex Market
Manisha Shah (University of Melbourne)
Paul Gertler (University of California, Berkley and NBER)

In Da Club: An Econometric Analysis of Strip Club Patrons
Taggert Brooks (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)
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From Sex to Gender
Lena Edlund (Columbia University )
Evelyn Korn (Philipps-Universit at Marburg)
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