The Economics of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
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Forfattere:
Jakobsson, Niklas, Andreas Kotsadam
År:
2016
Referanse:
Bokkapittel
Oxford Handbokks Online
Sammendrag (engelsk)
This article analyzes the economics of international human trafficking of women for commercial sexual exploitation. It begins with a review of the economics literature on sex trafficking, with particular emphasis on factors that determines which type of country people are trafficked to and where people are trafficked from. It then describes the datasets that have been and can be used in studying trafficking. It also considers some economics papers that work toward integrating the analysis of trafficking to include both sending and receiving countries. It suggests that the economic literature on human smuggling is particularly promising and should be incorporated by economists studying trafficking. The article concludes by highlighting gaps in the economics trafficking literature and outlining possible areas of future research.
Nøkkelord:
economics, human trafficking, women, commercial sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, economic literature
