Youth engagement in sex-trade activities leads to a significant demand on public resources absorbed into the treatment of drug and alcohol addictions, the criminal justice and health systems, income assistance, and housing support. Based on interviews with transitioned sex-trade workers, we...

Canada has experienced a lengthy period of economic recovery, since the recession of the early 1990s, and many families' standard of living has improved. I evaluate the 'pin money' hypothesis of the feminist scholarship, which is closely linked to what economists often refer to as an 'added...