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The novel coronavirus (Covid-19): Theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking
Asongu, Simplice; Usman, Usman M.; Vo, Xuan Vinh - 2020
contribute towards stopping the trafficking of girls and women during a pandemic. …The novel Coronavirus has spread internationally to more than two hundred countries and territories. At the same time …, human trafficking in girls and women constitutes a global oppression in virtually all nations either as the source, transit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389193
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The Covid-19 pandemic: Theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking
Asongu, Simplice; Usman, Usman M. - 2020
We provide theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women, and sex trafficking during the Covid-19 pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389236
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010
Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274570
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The spread of anti-trafficking policies: Evidence from a new index
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278580
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The spread of anti-trafficking policies: Evidence from a new index
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2010
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311675
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Modeling for determinants of human trafficking
Cho, Seo-Young - 2012
This study aims to identify robust push and pull factors of human trafficking. I test for the robustness of 78 push and 67 pull factors suggested in the literature. By employing an extreme bound analysis, running more than two million regressions with all possible combinations of variables for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286641
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Irregular Migration from Cambodia: Characteristics, Challenges, and Regulatory Approach
Hing, Vutha; Lun, Pide; Phann, Dalis - 2011
The study examines the characteristics, root causes, and challenges of irregular migration from Cambodia and then discusses the regulatory approaches and policy options to manage it. It employed mixed approaches, including a survey of 507 households in six high-migration villages, focus group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421226
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The economic drivers of human trafficking: micro-evidence from five Eastern European countries
Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Trebesch, Christoph - 2009
Human trafficking is a humanitarian problem of global scale, but quantitative research on the issue barely exists. This paper is a first attempt to explore the economic drivers of human trafficking and migrant exploitation using micro data. We argue that migration pressure combined with informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277947
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Transnational trafficking, law enforcement and victim protection: A middleman trafficker's perspective
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Bedi, Arjun S.; Basu, Arnab K.; … - 2011
We explore three hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human trafficking market - the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers, the relative bargaining strength of traffickers and final buyers, and the elasticity of buyers' demand. In a model of two-way bargaining, the exact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282477
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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced exposure to pre-pandemic international mobility causes slightly … 2009. We find that in all cases, even a draconian 50 percent reduction in pre-pandemic international mobility is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497848