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

Niklas Potrafke

No 4278, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: human trafficking; religion; political institutions; human rights; gender equality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F59 O11 O15 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Journal Article: Policies against human trafficking: the role of religion and political institutions (2016)
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