Robert J Gitter
Biographic Data
| ID | 6284076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Gitter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gitter |
| SIGNATURE | GITTER R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3921-1692 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Determinants of Human Trafficking in the European Union
Human trafficking affects an estimated 27 million people worldwide. We use a recently available European Union longitudinal cross-national data set to determine the factors that affect the rate of trafficking in a nation, employing a model of the number of people a trafficker would offer to those that would purchase the victims. We find that higher rates of trafficking are predicted in nations where immigrants are a larger share of the population…
The Effect of Rainfall on Migration from Mexico to the United States
There has been very little work on the impact of rainfall on migration from Mexico or even elsewhere. We use satellite data from NASA to examine the effect of the lagged level of rainfall relative to an area's historical average, on migration from small Mexican communities to the United States. Controlling for the level of education, proportion married, and historic migration levels, we find higher levels of rainfall significantly reduce Mexican …
The Effect of Rainfall on Migration from Mexico to the United States
There has been very little work on the impact of rainfall on migration from Mexico or even elsewhere. We use satellite data from NASA to examine the effect of the lagged level of rainfall relative to an area's historical average, on migration from small Mexican communities to the United States. Controlling for the level of education, proportion married, and historic migration levels, we find higher levels of rainfall significantly reduce Mexican …
The Determinants of Human Trafficking in the European Union
Human trafficking affects an estimated 27 million people worldwide. We use a recently available European Union longitudinal cross-national data set to determine the factors that affect the rate of trafficking in a nation, employing a model of the number of people a trafficker would offer to those that would purchase the victims. We find that higher rates of trafficking are predicted in nations where immigrants are a larger share of the population…
The Effect of Rainfall on Migration from Mexico to the United States
There has been very little work on the impact of rainfall on migration from Mexico or even elsewhere. We use satellite data from NASA to examine the effect of the lagged level of rainfall relative to an area's historical average, on migration from small Mexican communities to the United States. Controlling for the level of education, proportion married, and historic migration levels, we find higher levels of rainfall significantly reduce Mexican …
The Determinants of Human Trafficking in the European Union
Human trafficking affects an estimated 27 million people worldwide. We use a recently available European Union longitudinal cross-national data set to determine the factors that affect the rate of trafficking in a nation, employing a model of the number of people a trafficker would offer to those that would purchase the victims. We find that higher rates of trafficking are predicted in nations where immigrants are a larger share of the population…
Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (1 work)