Determinants of anti-trafficking policies: evidence from a new index
We develop an index measuring the three main dimensions - prosecution, protection, and prevention - of the anti-trafficking policies of the governments of up to 180 countries over the 2000−2010 period. Overall, developed countries perform better than the rest of the world; compliance with prosecutio...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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13 March 2014
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The Scandinavian journal of economics
Year: 2014, Volume: 116, Issue: 2, Pages: 429-454 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9442 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjoe.12055 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12055 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjoe.12055 
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| Author Notes: | Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, Eric Neumayer |
| Summary: | We develop an index measuring the three main dimensions - prosecution, protection, and prevention - of the anti-trafficking policies of the governments of up to 180 countries over the 2000−2010 period. Overall, developed countries perform better than the rest of the world; compliance with prosecution policy is highest, while governmental efforts to protect victims of human trafficking remain weakest. We employ the new indices to investigate which factors determine anti-trafficking policies. We find that compliance with anti-trafficking policies significantly decreases with corruption and is higher in countries that also respect the rights of women. We also find some tentative evidence for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking policies. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 18.09.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1467-9442 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjoe.12055 |