Cho, Seo-Young, Dreher, Axel and Neumayer, Eric ORCID: 0000-0003-2719-7563 (2014) Determinants of anti-trafficking policies: evidence from a new index. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 116 (2). pp. 429-454. ISSN 0347-0520
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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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS... |
Additional Information: | © 2014 The editors of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics |
Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2014 09:52 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2024 03:12 |
Projects: | JLS/2009/ISEC/AG/005 |
Funders: | European Commission |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57736 |
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