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Modern day slavery : what drives human trafficking in Europe?
Hernández, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - 2011 - Rev. November 2011
At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...
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Does legalization of prostitution increase human trafficking?
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows. According to economic theory, there are two opposing effects of unknown magnitude. The scale effect of legalizing prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human...
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The Transnational Illegal Market of Trafficking in Human Beings – Actors and Discourses : A Transatlantic Comparison
Nautz, Jürgen - 2011
The paper analyses the development of trafficking in human beings (THB) as an economic crime and as a severe violation … crime evolved in Austria, Germany and the United States of America (USA) since the 19th century until present. The … modern day slavery. Finding the right words to describe the crime remains a persistent challenge in combating human …
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Institutions and Visa Regimes
Gracheva, Camila - 2015
We study the impact on visa restrictions of institutions and social norms in a sending country. To this purpose, we unbundle institutions into “institutions-services”, which complement productive activities and serve as public production inputs, and “institutions-rules”, which strengthen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010463
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International Human Trafficking : Measuring Clandestinity by the Structural Equation Approach
Rudolph, Alexandra - 2014
account for the unobservable nature of the crime as well as for visible aspects that both shape the extent of it.By including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061053
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Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2012
This paper investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows. According to economic theory, there are two opposing effects of unknown magnitude. The scale effect of legalized prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174081
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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Does birthplace diversity affect economic complexity? : cross-country evidence
Bahar, Dany; Rapoport, Hillel; Turati, Riccardo - 2020
We empirically investigate the relationship between a country's economic complexity and the diversity in the birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that countries with higher birthplace diversity by one standard deviation are more economically complex by 0.1 to 0.18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194569
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Does birthplace diversity affect economic complexity? : cross-country evidence
Bahar, Dany; Rapoport, Hillel; Turati, Riccardo - 2019
We empirically investigate the relationship between a country's economic complexity and the diversity in the birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that birthplace diversity is strongly and positively associated with economic complexity. This holds particularly for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124851
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Expelling excellence : exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States
Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024
We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …
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