What explains wage differentials between female and male actors in the pornography industry of Los Angeles? According to
The Economist, “a young woman without Ms Hartley’s name-recognition might have charged $1,000 for a straight scene before the crisis, but gets $800 or less now. Men are worse hit. If they averaged $500 for a straight scene in 2007, they are now lucky to get $300. (“The Trouble with Pornography: Hard Times,” September 10, 2009, p. 53).