We study the opinions on prostitution that emerged from the World Value Survey. We show that individuals tends to justify prostitution more in countries where it is legal or regulated and less in countries where it is prohibited, even after controlling for religious, cultural and sociological factors. To overcome the endogeneity of the policy to the opinions, we propose an instrumental variable strategy, instrumenting prostitution policy with legal origins. At least for the case of prostitution, policies seem to affect opinions.

Laws and stigma: the case of prostitution / Immordino, Giovanni; Russo, FRANCESCO FLAVIANO. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0929-1261. - 40:2(2015), pp. 209-223. [10.1007/s10657-015-9491-2]

Laws and stigma: the case of prostitution

IMMORDINO, GIOVANNI;RUSSO, FRANCESCO FLAVIANO
2015

Abstract

We study the opinions on prostitution that emerged from the World Value Survey. We show that individuals tends to justify prostitution more in countries where it is legal or regulated and less in countries where it is prohibited, even after controlling for religious, cultural and sociological factors. To overcome the endogeneity of the policy to the opinions, we propose an instrumental variable strategy, instrumenting prostitution policy with legal origins. At least for the case of prostitution, policies seem to affect opinions.
2015
Laws and stigma: the case of prostitution / Immordino, Giovanni; Russo, FRANCESCO FLAVIANO. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0929-1261. - 40:2(2015), pp. 209-223. [10.1007/s10657-015-9491-2]
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