Understanding Human Trafficking Using Victim-Level Data

Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Maria Kuecken, Eliana La Ferrara and Elsa Artadi

No 13279, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Quantitative research on human trafficking is scant due to lack of data. This study makes use of a unique survey we collected on former victims of trafficking and vulnerable women and girls in the Philippines. We start by exploring the correlates of trafficking and show that household composition (in particular the presence of older sisters) and plausibly exogenous measures of health and economic shocks predict the likelihood of being tracked. We then study the eff ects of trafficking on victims' intertemporal and risk preferences using entropy balancing. We fi nd that trafficking victims are not di fferentially patient, but they are more risk-loving. Our novel data and fi ndings are pertinent to the design of policies intending to prevent trafficking and reintegrate victims.

Keywords: Human trafficking; Prostitution; Philippines; Child labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D80 J47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10
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