Journal Articles/Working Papers on the Economics of Human Trafficking

• Cho, Seo-Young. 2018. An Analysis of Sexual Violence–The Relationship between Sex Crimes and Prostitution in South Korea. Asian Development Perspectives 9:12-34 (Special Issue Series on Cross-Cutting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Gender Equality)
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2016. Liberal Coercion? - Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Policy. European Journal of Law and Economics 41(2): 321-348
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2015. Evaluating Policies Against Human Trafficking Worldwide: An Overview and Review of the 3P Index. Journal of Human Trafficking 1 (inaugural edition): 86-99.
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2015. Human Trafficking, A Shadow of Migration - Evidence from Germany. Journal of Development Studies  51(7): 905-921
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2015. Measuring Anti-trafficking Policy - Integrating Text and Statistical Analyses. Social Science Quarterly  96(2): 656-683       
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2015. Modeling for Determinants of Human Trafficking - an Empirical Analysis. Social Inclusion 3 (Special Issue "Perspectives on Human Trafficking and Modern Forms of Slavery"): 2-21. 
• Cho, Seo-Young, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer. 2014. The Determinants of Anti-trafficking Policies - Evidence from a New Index,Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116(2): 429–454
• Cho, Seo-Young, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer. 2013 Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?. World Development 41: 67-82.
  • Most downloaded World Development article No. 2 (2013)
  • translated and reprinted in Korean, Women's Human Rights Vol. 9, 2013, Women's Human Rights Commission of Korea
• Cho, Seo-Young. 2013. Integrating Equality – Globalization, Women’s Rights, and Human Trafficking, International Studies Quarterly 57: 683–697  
• Cho, Seo-Young and Krishna C. Vadlamannati. 2012. Compliance with the Anti-trafficking Protocol, European Journal of Political Economy 28: 249-265.

Policy Reports on Human Trafficking

• Cho, Seo-Young. 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index 2013 Report (in Korean). Women and Human Rights Vol. 12, Women's Human Rights Commission of Korea, 2014
• Cho, Seo-Young.  Human Trafficking in South Korea – Experience, Challenges, and Policy, in Trafficking in Human Beings – Learning from Asian and European Experiences. Konrad Adenauer Foundation and European Union's Europe-Asia Dialogue Publication Series, 2014
• Cho, Seo-Young. Human Trafficking, Germany Only Average When It comes to Protecting Victims, DIW Economic Bulletin Vol. 2, November 2012
• Seven Questions to Seo-Young Cho, Germany is One of the Destination Countries, DIW Economic Bulletin, Vol. 2, Nov. 2012
• Cho, Seo-Young. Menschenhandel-Deutschland beim Opferschutz nur Mittelmaß (Human trafficking, Victim Protection in Germany ist not strong enough), DIW Wochenbericht No. 39, Sept. 2012
• Sieben Fragen an Seo-Young Cho: Deutschland ist eines der Hauptzielländer des Menschenhandels (Seven questions for Seo-Young Cho: Germany is one of the major destination countries of human trafficking), DIW Wochenbericht No. 39, Sept. 2012
• Cho, Seo-Young, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer. Politik gegen Menschenhandel ist ansteckend (The spread of anti-trafficking policies), Ökonomenstimme, March 2011.
• Cho, Seo-Young, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer. Measuring Anti-trafficking Policies. VoxEU, March 2011.

 Current and Recent Research Projects

• Project on Irregular Flow of Female Migrants: an Interdisciplinary & Cross-country Study (2016-2017, financed by German Academic Exchange Service/DAAD Australia-Germany Research Cooperation Scheme, Co-project leader: Seo-Young Cho, in collaboration with Dr. Natalia Szablewska, Southern Cross University, Australia)

• European Commission Tender: Study on Prevention Initiatives on Trafficking in Human beings (2014-2015, Consultant: Seo-Young Cho)

• EU-Project on Tools for the Validation and Utilisation of EU Statistics on Human Trafficking (2012-2014, Project Leader: Tilburg University, Consultant: Seo-Young Cho)

• EU-Project on Europe-Asia Dialogue, Cluster Human Trafficking (2012-2014, Project leader: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Consultant: Seo-Young Cho

• Journal of Human Trafficking (Advisory Board: Seo-Young Cho)

Source of the Map: Cho, Seo-Young, Human Trafficking, Germany only Average when it comes to Protecting Victims,    DIW Economic Bulletin vol. 2, Nov. 2012