Transnational Trafficking, Law Enforcement and Victim Protection: A Middleman Trafficker's Perspective
47 Pages Posted: 31 Dec 2011
Abstract
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 configuration of these characteristics is shown to determine whether domestic and foreign crackdowns on illicit employment mutually reinforce or counteract one another in efforts to stem the tide of trafficking. Estimation results from a gravity model of trafficking present evidence consistent with the mutual reinforcement view, indicating considerable ease of mobility, partial bargaining power, and inelastic demand.
Keywords: human trafficking, two-way Nash bargaining, victim protection, law enforcement
JEL Classification: K42, R23, O15
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
The Inverse Domino Effect: Are Economic Reforms Contagious?
By Martin Gassebner, Noel Gaston, ...
-
By Varun Gauri
-
The Spread of Anti-Trafficking Policies - Evidence from a New Index
By Seo-young Cho, Axel Dreher, ...
-
The Spread of Anti-Trafficking Policies: Evidence from a New Index
By Seo-young Cho, Axel Dreher, ...
-
The Determinants of Anti-trafficking Policies – Evidence from a New Index
By Seo-young Cho, Axel Dreher, ...
-
The Determinants of Anti-trafficking Policies – Evidence from a New Index
By Eric Neumayer, Axel Dreher, ...
-
Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis
By Randall Akee, Arnab K. Basu, ...