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As bad as it gets: Well being deprivation of sexually exploited trafficked women

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Di Tommaso , M. L. () (Department of Economics and Child)
Shima, I. () (Dept. of Economics, University of Oslo)
Strøm , S. () (Dept. of Economics, University of Oslo)
Bettio , F. () (Department of Economics)

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The International Organization for Migration has collected data on trafficked individuals. The aim of this paper is to use the sub-sample of sexually exploited women in order to explore the relationship between their well being deprivation, their personal characteristics, and their working locations. We use the theoretical framework of the capability approach to conceptualize well being deprivation and we estimate a MIMIC (Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes) model. The utilized indicators measure abuse, freedom of movement, and access to medical care. This model also allows us to estimate the effects of some covariates on this measure of well being.

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Paper provided by Oslo University, Department of Economics in its series Memorandum with number 09/2007.

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Date of creation: 01 Apr 2007
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Keywords: Structural equation models; well being; capability approach; trafficking; Eastern and Western European countries;

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C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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  1. Francesca Bettio & Tushar K. Nandi, 2008. "Evidence on women trafficked for sexual exploitation: A rights based analysis," Department of Economics University of Siena 543, Department of Economics, University of Siena. [Downloadable!]
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