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Additional evidence on the effects of banning the purchase of sex on cases of rape in Sweden

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  • Riccardo Ciacci

    (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)

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I discuss (Ciacci J Popul Econ 37:37 2024) and provide additional results of a regression discontinuity in time model showing that the result that the ban affected cases of rape is not robust.

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  • Riccardo Ciacci, 2025. "Additional evidence on the effects of banning the purchase of sex on cases of rape in Sweden," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 38(2), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:38:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s00148-025-01094-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-025-01094-3
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    1. Adema, Joop & Folke, Olle & Rickne, Johanna, 2025. "Re-Analysis of Ciacci, R. (2024). Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden," I4R Discussion Paper Series 226, The Institute for Replication (I4R).

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    Keywords

    Rape; Sex crimes; Prostitution; Prostitution law; Prostitution regulation; Criminalizing purchase of prostitution; Nordic model; Regression discontinuity in time;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J47 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Coercive Labor Markets
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law

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