Determinants of anti-trafficking policies: Evidence from a new index

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-454

  Cho, Seo Young ^a   Dreher, Axel ^b   Neumayer, Eric ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti trafficking policies; Compliance; Human rights; Human trafficking

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; CORRUPTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDEX METHOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRAFFICKING; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84896033520     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12055     Document Type: Article

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