Debt-finaced migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation: A study from an economic perspective
(2005)Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This thesis deals exclusively with the problem of trafficking in women for the purpose of
sexual exploitation. Initially, I present a microeconomic model that can be used to analyse the
system of debt-financed migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation. This is followed by
an empirical survey of the organisational and operational features of the trafficking
organisations. The theoretical and empirical outcome of this thesis prove that states
committed to the fight against human trafficking should pursue policies that will make it
harder for the trafficking organisations to exploit the illegal status of the victims, such as more
lenient deportation policies. This will make it harder for the trafficking organisations to
maintain the... (More) - This thesis deals exclusively with the problem of trafficking in women for the purpose of
sexual exploitation. Initially, I present a microeconomic model that can be used to analyse the
system of debt-financed migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation. This is followed by
an empirical survey of the organisational and operational features of the trafficking
organisations. The theoretical and empirical outcome of this thesis prove that states
committed to the fight against human trafficking should pursue policies that will make it
harder for the trafficking organisations to exploit the illegal status of the victims, such as more
lenient deportation policies. This will make it harder for the trafficking organisations to
maintain the system of debt-financed migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation and
thereby take away the main financial incentive in the trafficking business. (Less)
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- author
- Gustafsson, Daniel
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- migration, Debt-boundage, Prostitution, Trafficking, Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy, Nationalekonomi, ekonometri, ekonomisk teori, ekonomiska system, ekonomisk politik
- language
- English
- id
- 1336996
- date added to LUP
- 2005-02-16 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2010-08-03 10:49:26
@misc{1336996,
abstract = {{This thesis deals exclusively with the problem of trafficking in women for the purpose of
sexual exploitation. Initially, I present a microeconomic model that can be used to analyse the
system of debt-financed migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation. This is followed by
an empirical survey of the organisational and operational features of the trafficking
organisations. The theoretical and empirical outcome of this thesis prove that states
committed to the fight against human trafficking should pursue policies that will make it
harder for the trafficking organisations to exploit the illegal status of the victims, such as more
lenient deportation policies. This will make it harder for the trafficking organisations to
maintain the system of debt-financed migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation and
thereby take away the main financial incentive in the trafficking business.}},
author = {{Gustafsson, Daniel}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Debt-finaced migration and debt-bounded sexual exploitation: A study from an economic perspective}},
year = {{2005}},
}