Honors Theses
Date of Award
Fall 12-2021
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Economics
First Advisor
John Gardner
Second Advisor
Joshua Hendrickson
Third Advisor
Christian Sellar
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
In this body of research, the Sex Buyer Law in Northern Ireland is critically examined. Specifically, this thesis examines the question, “Does the Sex Buyer Law have an effect on the sex violence rates in Northern Ireland?” England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are all used as control groups to measure the efficacy of the policy in Northern Ireland. Through analysis of a difference in differences regression, this research demonstrates that the policy had no effect on sex violence in Northern Ireland. Scotland and Ireland proved to be better control groups for Northern Ireland in terms of the identifying assumptions as England and Wales was not a strong enough control group.
Recommended Citation
Ingram, Kendra S., "Prostitution Law: A Study of the Impact of the Sex Buyer Law in Northern Ireland on Sex Violence" (2021). Honors Theses. 2467.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2467
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