A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts

This article develops an economic model of human trafficking and migration-debt contracts. A key feature of the theoretical model is the payment of additional sums beyond the initial contracted price to alter the trafficker’s queue order. These bribes are shown to be related to the level of effort a...

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Main Authors: Joarder, Munim, Miller, Paul
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10466
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description This article develops an economic model of human trafficking and migration-debt contracts. A key feature of the theoretical model is the payment of additional sums beyond the initial contracted price to alter the trafficker’s queue order. These bribes are shown to be related to the level of effort applied by the trafficker. The types of data needed to rigorously test the model are discussed, together with policy implications.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-104662017-09-13T14:56:20Z A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts Joarder, Munim Miller, Paul Human trafficking Migration-Debt contract Theoritical model This article develops an economic model of human trafficking and migration-debt contracts. A key feature of the theoretical model is the payment of additional sums beyond the initial contracted price to alter the trafficker’s queue order. These bribes are shown to be related to the level of effort applied by the trafficker. The types of data needed to rigorously test the model are discussed, together with policy implications. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10466 10.1080/00220388.2013.812195 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Human trafficking
Migration-Debt contract
Theoritical model
Joarder, Munim
Miller, Paul
A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title_full A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title_fullStr A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title_full_unstemmed A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title_short A Theoretical Perspective on Human Trafficking and Migration-Debt Contracts
title_sort theoretical perspective on human trafficking and migration-debt contracts
topic Human trafficking
Migration-Debt contract
Theoritical model
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10466