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标题：Modeling for Determinants of Human Trafficking
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作者：Seo-Young Cho
期刊名称：Discussion Papers / Ibero America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
出版社：Ibero America Institute for Economic Research
摘要：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 up to 180 countries during the period of 1995-2010, I show that crime prevalence robustly explains human trafficking prevalence both in destination and origin countries. My finding also implies that a low level of gender equality and development may have constraining effects on human trafficking outflows, contrary to expectations. The linkage between migration and human trafficking is less clear, and institutional quality matters more in origin countries than destinations.