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The Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Policies – Evidence from a New IndexSeo-Young ChoUniversity of Marburg - School of Business & Economics Axel DreherUniversity of Heidelberg Eric NeumayerLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) June 30, 2014 Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 116(2): 429-454 DIW Berlin Discussion Paper Economics of Security Working Paper No. 72 Abstract: We develop an index measuring the three main dimensions of governments’ anti-trafficking policies – prosecution, protection and prevention – for 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 what determines 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.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 39 Keywords: human trafficking, human rights, compliance, anti-trafficking policies JEL Classification: O15, F22, P41 Date posted: September 1, 2012 ; Last revised: August 19, 2016Suggested CitationContact Information
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