Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 691-716

  Akee, Randall K Q ^a,b   Basu, Arnab K ^b,c   Chau, Nancy H ^b,d   Khamis, Melanie ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d Center for Development Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Displaced persons; Ethnic fragmentation; Human trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870292113     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-8715(2010)0000008034     Document Type: Article

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