Human Trafficking, a Shadow of Migration: Evidence from Germany

Seo-Young Cho

No 76, Economics of Security Working Paper Series from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper empirically analyzes the causal relationship between migration and human trafficking inflows into Germany during the period between 2001 and 2010. My results suggest that migrant networks, measured by migrant stocks from a specific source country, increase the illicit, exploitative form of migration - human trafficking - from that respective country. However, the network effect varies across different income levels of source countries. The significant, positive effect of migrant networks decreases as the income level increases, and furthermore the effect is insignificant for high income countries.

Keywords: Human trafficking; Migration; Network effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J23 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 p.
Date: 2012
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