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A verseny nem küszöböli ki a diszkriminációt – egy NBER-tanulmány a szingapúri szexpiacról

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Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore

Huailu Li, Kevin Lang, Kaiwen Leong

NBER Working Paper No. 20911
Issued in January 2015
NBER Program(s):   DEV   LS

The street sex worker market in Geylang, Singapore is highly competitive. Clients can search legally at negligible cost. Sex workers discriminate based on client ethnicity despite an excess supply of sex workers. Workers are more (less) likely to approach and ask a higher (lower) price of Caucasians (Bangladeshis), based on their perceived willingness to pay. They avoid Indians, set a significantly higher price and are less likely to reach an agreement with them, suggesting that Indians face taste discrimination. These findings remain even after controlling for prostitute fixed effects and are consistent with the workers’ self-reported attitudes and beliefs. This paper is available as PDF (228 K)


Competition alone will not eliminate discrimination

Huailu Li, Kevin Lang, Kaiwen Leong28 August 2015 voxeu.org

Economic models suggest that competition will prevent those subjected to discrimination from being affected adversely. This column uses an unusual case study of sex workers in Singapore to reveal that having many actors on both sides of the market does not, in fact, eliminate discrimination. Policy intervention remains the best tool to end price discrimination.

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