Liberal coercion? Prostitution, human trafficking and policy

Seo-Young Cho

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2016, vol. 41, issue 2, No 3, 348 pages

Abstract: Abstract Liberal prostitution policy aims at improving labor conditions for prostitutes and protecting victims of forced prostitution. Given its policy mandates, legalized prostitution should be linked to better protection policies for trafficking victims and stronger anti-trafficking measures. In this paper, I investigate empirically whether or not legalized prostitution improves protection policies for victims, as it is presumed. The results of my analysis—using data from 149 countries for the period of 2001–2011—suggest that a liberal prostitution policy does not lead to better protection and, in some cases, legalized prostitution can be detrimental to protecting victims of human trafficking.

Keywords: Prostitution; Victim protection; Human trafficking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J16 K14 K37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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