Research from Manchester University has found that 500,000 "poor" people (this is how they are described by the BBC - mainly from China) are earning money by developing virtual gold. Basically a player can pay someone to boost their character rating, their virtual clothes, or in the development of property etc in second life.
The report is here: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/documents/di_wp32.pdf
The BBC story is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7575902.stm
Scott
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