Lena Edlund, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Associate Professor of Economics at Columbia University
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“Prostitution has an unusual feature: it is well paid despite being low- skill, labor intensive, and, one might add, female dominated. Earnings even in the worst-paid type, streetwalking, may be several multiples of full-time earnings in professions with comparable skill requirements.”
“A Theory of Prostitution,” Journal of Political Economy, Feb. 2002
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2004-present
- Research Fellow, Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), 2003-present
- Associate Editor, Economica, 2003-present
- Associate Professor, Economics, Columbia University, 1999-present
- Visiting Research Fellow, University College London, 2002-2003
- Oavlonad Docent, Stockholm School of Economics, 2001
- Research Associate, Swedish Council for Social Works Research, 1999
- Research Associate, Stockholm School of Economics, 1997-1999
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, and Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996-1997
- Gunnar Myrdal Prize, Ekonomisk Debatt, 1996
- Associate Expert, Women and Gender Equality, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 1994-1995
- Education:
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- PhD, Stockholm School of Economics, 1996
- BA, Stockholm School of Economics, 1989
- Other:
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- None found
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