ABSTRACT

This article describes the Human Trafficking Indicators (HTI) dataset, a new resource for research on the causes of, and policy responses to, human trafficking. HTI includes country-year level information on forty-six variables for up to 184 countries from 2000 to 2017. It is the first dataset to broadly capture different trafficking types and disaggregated measures of government responses. It includes seven types of trafficking including forced labor, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, and debt bondage. The HTI also includes eighteen measures of a government’s prosecution, protection, and prevention efforts. This paper presents an overview of the dataset, explains how it differs from other sources, describes several empirical trends, and highlights HTI’s potential uses with a brief empirical example.

摘要

本文介绍了人口贩运指标 (HTI) 数据集，这是一种用于研究人口贩运的原因和政策应对措施的新资源。HTI 包括 2000 年至 2017 年多达 184 个国家的 46 个变量的国家级信息。它是第一个广泛捕捉不同贩运类型和政府应对措施的分类措施的数据集。它包括七种类型的贩运，包括强迫劳动、性剥削、家庭奴役和债务奴役。HTI 还包括政府起诉、保护和预防工作的十八项措施。本文概述了该数据集，解释了它与其他来源的不同之处，描述了几个经验趋势，并通过一个简短的经验示例突出了 HTI 的潜在用途。