The Economics of Whoredom

Stevin Levitt was a part of a study on prostitutes in Chicago concerning the economic data for whoring.

Most relevant information can be gleaned from the following chart:



Highlights:
Blacks pay less on average than any other race.

While being pimped is dangerous, it's more rewarding economically, and is less dangerous than turning tricks without a pimp and risk being beaten and raped by Johns, cops, or gang members.

3% of all tricks are freebies given to cops to avoid arrest, but a hooker is only arrested on average of once every 450 tricks, suggesting that whores are having sex with cops in Chicago more often than they get arrested. They're also slightly more likely to give freebies to cops than gang members.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I hear mixed reactions to Freakonomics, but I guess the data is worth it?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Another point worth considering: usually hookers will charge a premium for sex without a condom, which Johns will generally pay. But in Chicago the practice is so common that premiums aren't charged, and it's the John's responsibility to use a condom.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.