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Policies against Human Trafficking: The Role of Religion and Political Institutions

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using the new 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index. The dataset contains 175 countries. The results show that governments in countries with Christian majorities implement stricter anti-trafficking policies than countries with Muslim majorities. The differences between countries with Christian and Muslim majorities is pronounced in dictatorships but less so in democracies. The influence of religion on the overall 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index is driven by protection and prevention policies. As compared to prosecution policies that mainly target the perpetrators of human trafficking, protection and prevention policies mainly protect the victims of human trafficking, i.e. predominantly women. The conclusions are consistent with other empirical findings regarding the association between religion, political institutions, and human development.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4278

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Cultural Economics: Religion
International Relations and International Political Economy: Other
Thema
human trafficking
religion
political institutions
human rights
gender equality

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Potrafke, Niklas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2013

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Potrafke, Niklas
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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