The economics of human trafficking and labour migration: Micro-evidence from Eastern Europe

Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trebesch, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2010.02.001

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“…These findings suggest that women's rights have a complex relationship with human trafficking; i.e., gender discrimination does not necessarily increase human trafficking outflows, possibly because oppression against women also constraints women's mobility. Additionally, infant mortality rates-a basic indicator measuring fundamental well-being-turn out to have negative impact (similar to the finding of Mahmoud and Trebesch (2010)) but the magnitude of the effect is not practically largeincreasing the mortality rates by 10%-points reduces human trafficking by 0.3%.…”

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“…The literature also supports a linkage between migration and human trafficking. Mahmoud and Trebesch (2010) suggest that having a migrant in a family tends to motivate other family members to migrate and also increases the probability of being trafficked. Akee, Basu, Chau and Khamis (2010) and Akee, Bedi, Basu and Chau (2014) also show that migration between two countries induces human trafficking flows between them.…”

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Modeling for Determinants of Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis

Cho

2015

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This study aims to identify robust push and pull factors of human trafficking. I test for the robustness of 70 push and 63 pull factors suggested in the literature. In doing so, I employ an extreme bound analysis, running more than two million regressions with all possible combinations of variables for up to 153 countries during the period of 1995-2010. My results show that crime prevalence robustly explains human trafficking both in destination and origin countries. Income level also has a robust impact, suggesting that the cause of human trafficking shares that of economic migration. Law enforcement matters more in origin countries than destination countries. Interestingly, a very low level of gender equality may have constraining effects on human trafficking outflow, possibly because gender discrimination limits female mobility that is necessary for the occurrence of human trafficking.

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Section: Migrationmentioning

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Modeling for Determinants of Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis

Cho

2015

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“…It is widely acknowledged that obtaining reliable, representative data on human trafficking is notoriously difficult (Aronowitz, 2009;Cho, 2015;Crane, 2013;Gajic-Veljanoski and Stewart, 2007;Mahmoud and Trebesch, 2009). Human trafficking is an underground, criminal activity, and as with most crimes, the criminals attempt to hide their activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Income Distribution and Human Trafficking Outflows

DiRienzo¹,

Das²

2018

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This study seeks to close the gap between the theoretical rationale for the role of income inequality in human trafficking and lack of empirical evidence supporting this relationship. It is argued that differences in income, especially the income of the poorest in the population, is a significant push factor encouraging individuals to undertake risky migration. Nonetheless, the Gini coefficient, which is typically used in human trafficking research, does not accurately capture the theoretical rationale for why difference in population income, especially the income of the poorest in the population, should matter. A different metric for measuring income inequality -one that is tied to the theoretical underpinnings --is introduced. Empirical evidence supporting the role that income plays on the poorest in the population on human trafficking outflows is offered. Specifically, as the poorest in the population become marginally better off, there is an increase in human trafficking outflows at the country level.

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“…It increases organized crime, paralyses the socio-economic structure and produces violence that harm both states and its citizens and as well damaging the domestic human rights reputation of a country (Uddin, 2014;Bruch, 2004;Cho, 2015;Duru & Ogbonnaya, 2012;Gallagher & Holmes, 2008;Monzini, 2005;Omar & Trebesch, 2010;Raymond, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%