Testing for a Relationship Between Labor Trafficking and GDP in 2017

This exploratory tool is based on a presentation by Eric Schles at our workshop on Computational Approaches to Fight Human Trafficking.

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countryproductchild laborforced labor
AfghanistanBricksXX
AfghanistanCarpetsX
AfghanistanCoalX
AfghanistanFlowers (poppies)X
AngolaDiamondsXX
ArgentinaBlueberriesX
ArgentinaBricksX
ArgentinaCottonX
ArgentinaGarlicX
ArgentinaGarmentsXX
ArgentinaGrapesX
ArgentinaOlivesX
ArgentinaStrawberriesX
ArgentinaTobaccoX
ArgentinaTomatoesX
ArgentinaYerba Mate (stimulant plant)X
AzerbaijanCottonX
BangladeshBidis (hand-rolled cigarettes)X
BangladeshBricksX
BangladeshDried FishXX
BangladeshFootwearX
BangladeshFurniture (steel)X
BangladeshGarments X
BangladeshGlassX
BangladeshLeatherX
BangladeshMatchesX
BangladeshPoultryX
BangladeshSaltX
BangladeshShrimpX
BangladeshSoapX
BangladeshTextilesX
BangladeshTextiles (jute)X
BelizeBananasX
BelizeCitrus FruitsX
BelizeSugarcaneX
BeninCottonXX
BeninGranite (crushed)X
BoliviaBrazil Nuts/ChestnutsXX
BoliviaBricksX
BoliviaCattleX
BoliviaCornXX
BoliviaGoldX
BoliviaPeanutsX
BoliviaSilverX
BoliviaSugarcaneXX
BoliviaTinX
BoliviaZincX
BrazilBeefX
BrazilBricksX
BrazilCashewsX
BrazilCattleXX
BrazilCeramicsX
BrazilCharcoalXX
BrazilCottonX
BrazilFootwearX
BrazilGarmentsX
BrazilManioc/CassavaX
BrazilPineapplesX
BrazilRiceX
BrazilSisalX
BrazilSugarcaneX
BrazilTimberX
BrazilTobaccoX
Burkina FasoCottonXX
Burkina FasoGoldXX
Burkina FasoGraniteX
BurmaBambooXX
BurmaBeans (green, soy, yellow)XX
BurmaBricksXX
BurmaJadeXX
BurmaPalm ThatchX
BurmaPhysic Nuts/Castor BeansX
BurmaRiceXX
BurmaRubberXX
BurmaRubiesXX
BurmaSesameX
BurmaShrimpX
BurmaSugarcaneXX
BurmaSunflowersX
BurmaTeakXX
CambodiaAlcoholic BeveragesX
CambodiaBricksX
CambodiaManioc/CassavaX
CambodiaFishX
CambodiaMeatX
CambodiaRubberX
CambodiaSaltX
CambodiaShrimpX
CambodiaSugarcaneX
CambodiaTextilesX
CambodiaTimberX
CambodiaTobaccoX
CameroonCocoaX
Central African RepublicDiamondsX
ChadCattleX
ChinaArtificial FlowersX
ChinaBricksXX
ChinaChristmas DecorationsX
ChinaCoalX
ChinaCottonXX
ChinaElectronicsXX
ChinaFireworksXX
ChinaFootwearX
ChinaGarmentsX
ChinaNailsX
ChinaTextilesX
ChinaToysXX
ColombiaBricks (clay)X
ColombiaCoalX
ColombiaCoca (stimulant plant)XX
ColombiaCoffeeX
ColombiaEmeraldsX
ColombiaGoldX
ColombiaPornographyX
ColombiaSugarcaneX
Costa RicaCattleX
Costa RicaCoffeeX
Cote d'IvoireCocoaXX
Cote d'IvoireCoffeeXX
Democratic Republic of the CongoCassiterite (tin ore)XX
Democratic Republic of the CongoColtan (tantalum ore)XX
Democratic Republic of the CongoCopperX
Democratic Republic of the CongoDiamondsX
Democratic Republic of the CongoHeterogenite (cobalt ore)X
Democratic Republic of the CongoGoldXX
Democratic Republic of the CongoWolframite (tungsten ore)XX
Dominican RepublicBaked GoodsX
Dominican RepublicCoffeeX
Dominican RepublicRiceX
Dominican RepublicSugarcaneXX
Dominican RepublicTomatoesX
EcuadorBananasX
EcuadorBricksX
EcuadorFlowersX
EcuadorGoldX
EgyptCottonX
EgyptStones (limestone)X
El SalvadorCoffeeX
El SalvadorFireworksX
El SalvadorShellfishX
El SalvadorSugarcaneX
EthiopiaCattleX
EthiopiaGoldX
EthiopiaTextiles (hand-woven)XX
GhanaCocoaX
GhanaFishXX
GhanaGoldX
GhanaTilapia (fish)XX
GuatemalaBroccoliX
GuatemalaCoffeeX
GuatemalaCornX
GuatemalaFireworksX
GuatemalaGravel (crushed stones)X
GuatemalaSugarcaneX
GuineaCashewsX
GuineaCocoaX
GuineaCoffeeX
GuineaDiamondsX
GuineaGoldX
HondurasCoffeeX
HondurasLobstersX
HondurasMelonsX
IndiaBidis (hand-rolled cigarettes)X
IndiaBrasswareX
IndiaBricksXX
IndiaCarpetsXX
India CottonX
IndiaCottonseed (hybrid)XX
IndiaEmbellished TextilesXX
IndiaFireworksX
IndiaFootwearX
IndiaGarmentsXX
IndiaGemsX
IndiaGlass BanglesX
IndiaIncense (agarbatti)X
IndiaLeather Goods/AccessoriesX
IndiaLocksX
IndiaMatchesX
IndiaRiceXX
IndiaSilk FabricX
IndiaSilk ThreadX
IndiaSoccer BallsX
IndiaStonesXX
IndiaSugarcaneX
IndiaThread/YarnX
IndonesiaFishXX
IndonesiaFootwear (sandals)X
IndonesiaGoldX
IndonesiaOil (palm)X
IndonesiaRubberX
IndonesiaTinX
IndonesiaTobaccoX
IranBricksX
IranCarpetsX
KazakhstanCottonXX
KenyaCoffeeX
KenyaFishX
KenyaMiraa (stimulant plant)X
KenyaRiceX
KenyaSandX
KenyaSisalX
KenyaSugarcaneX
KenyaTeaX
KenyaTobaccoX
Kyrgyz RepublicCottonX
Kyrgyz RepublicTobaccoX
LebanonPotatoesX
LebanonTobaccoX
LesothoCattleX
LiberiaDiamondsX
LiberiaRubberX
MadagascarSapphiresX
MadagascarStonesX
MadagascarVanillaX
MalawiTeaX
MalawiTobaccoXX
MalaysiaElectronicsX
MalaysiaGarmentsX
MalaysiaOil (palm)XX
MaliCottonX
MaliGoldX
MaliRiceXX
MauritaniaCattleX
MauritaniaGoatsX
MexicoBeans (green beans)X
MexicoChile PeppersX
MexicoCoffeeX
MexicoCucumbersX
MexicoEggplantsX
MexicoMelonsX
MexicoOnionsX
MexicoPornographyX
MexicoSugarcaneX
MexicoTobaccoX
MexicoTomatoesX
MongoliaCoalX
MongoliaFluorspar (mineral)X
MongoliaGoldX
MozambiqueTobaccoX
NamibiaCattleX
NepalBricksXX
NepalCarpetsXX
NepalEmbellished TextilesXX
NepalStonesXX
NicaraguaBananasX
NicaraguaCoffeeX
NicaraguaGoldX
NicaraguaGravel (crushed stones)X
NicaraguaShellfishX
NicaraguaStones (pumice)X
NicaraguaTobaccoX
NigerCattleX
NigerGoldX
NigerGypsum (mineral)X
NigerSaltX
NigerTrona (mineral)X
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20162017201820192020country
18.39519.2920.60422.29724.222Afghanistan
12.14412.87613.76414.81315.997Albania
168.31799999999996178.43099999999995184.189189.297195.367Algeria
91.939102.315108.588114.449120.822Angola
1.30300000000000021.3581.4291.5051.585Antigua and Barbuda
541.748594.975651.335709.466773.445Argentina
10.75411.15911.79912.51213.254Armenia
1256.641343.6081413.8081493.8841574.192Australia
387.299401.138414.848429.948446.11300000000006Austria
35.68638.54140.08342.08743.77Azerbaijan
9.0479.3459.72910.09510.54The Bahamas
31.82333.91835.70337.29239.025Bahrain
226.76246.166268.611293.252319.237Bangladesh
4.4734.644.8535.0835.327000000000001Barbados
48.1260000000000149.5251.53353.58256.01Belarus
470.179488.694505.629523.766543.065Belgium
1.771.8551.9392.0142.09Belize
8.939.60510.34711.19512.065Benin
2.0852.2512.552.9653.293Bhutan
35.69939.79543.3730000000000147.20951.19300000000001Bolivia
16.53217.32918.28619.40220.725Bosnia and Herzegovina
10.94811.04811.77212.72813.324000000000002Botswana
1769.6011953.8612028.9232118.3232213.76Brazil
10.45811.8212.52714.3116.553Brunei Darussalam
50.4460000000000152.66755.12557.94261.087Bulgaria
12.00599999999999813.09214.19215.45116.817999999999998Burkina Faso
2.7422.62.6442.8993.034Burundi
1.68400000000000021.7791.8982.0332.1830000000000003Cabo Verde
19.36820.93722.74324.73326.834Cambodia
30.8733.11835.4137.81940.547Cameroon
1532.34299999999961627.3031700.4841776.8161855.696Canada
1.78199999999999982.0032.2482.5212.8360000000000003Central African Republic
10.44111.57912.40814.11715.118Chad
234.903242.641253.973266.55280.483Chile
11391.61912361.73713576.04714917.95716458.029China
274.135300.988325.195352.059380.615Colombia
0.6220.6570.70.750.8059999999999999Comoros
39.8241.88944.75347.86451.18899999999999Democratic Republic of the Congo
8.83410.27111.03511.70112.36Republic of Congo
57.6889999999999961.53465.87270.35775.227Costa Rica
34.64938.39642.42446.76951.54600000000001Côte d'Ivoire
49.85551.47353.52556.0458.857Croatia
19.93120.52521.41922.45623.456Cyprus
193.535201.107204.885206.742208.717Czech Republic
302.571314.766326.813340.995356.532Denmark
1.8942.09800000000000032.3232.562.795Djibouti
0.5240.54799999999999990.5730.5990.626Dominica
71.45775.39579.55383.9488.569Dominican Republic
99.11898.10797.16797.42897.156Ecuador
26.6127.65928.92430.22231.532El Salvador
11.63811.48311.55211.7411.998Equatorial Guinea
5.3526.056.8567.7668.137Eritrea
23.47624.60925.927.37629.059Estonia
69.21876.90784.0039999999999891.36399.543Ethiopia
4.5564.7895.0355.2775.5310000000000015Fiji
239.186247.91256.238266.588278.261Finland
2488.2842570.0232649.5512741.3572850.668France
14.56315.91617.24118.68920.255Gabon
0.88599999999999990.8360.89099999999999990.9521.018The Gambia
14.46315.71317.21400000000000218.72420.344Georgia
3494.8983618.6213736.3153866.6524007.765Germany
42.76146.6151.29355.80760.17100000000001Ghana
195.878204.941214.725225.331236.538Greece
1.0281.091.1461.2021.263Grenada
68.38971.98476.81782.02287.493Guatemala
6.7546.9047.3077.7718.318Guinea
1.1681.2391.3321.4391.556Guinea-Bissau
3.45600000000000043.6913.864.0564.247Guyana
8.2597.83700000000000157.96200000000000158.2438.656Haiti
20.9321.40622.06522.79423.547Honduras
316.07326.399343.152360.971379.74300000000005Hong Kong SAR
117.065117.993123.502129.819135.14Hungary
19.44400000000000621.39322.75323.95300000000000724.815Iceland
2250.9872457.7482695.1832981.8183297.453India
940.9531014.8671096.9021177.5681273.809Indonesia
412.304438.334471.145505.836544.904Islamic Republic of Iran
156.32299999999995173.58900000000003184.197196.037210.197Iraq
307.9170000000001325.831342.849360.55800000000005379.867Ireland
311.7390000000001327.63341.978357.915374.164Israel
1852.4991895.3181941.8991991.1472045.978Italy
13.77900000000000214.56215.32916.1316.993Jamaica
4730.35106.2595230.4235395.5735506.436Japan
39.45341.69244.33747.2630000000000150.383Jordan
128.109148.292163.566178.145197.116Kazakhstan
69.1774.7481.21588.2670000000000295.476Kenya
0.1660.176000000000000020.1820.1880.193Kiribati
1404.38299999999961521.01591.30100000000041668.971746.814Korea
6.566.8987.3057.7548.26Kosovo
110.455124.869134.313143.52100000000004154.071Kuwait
5.7946.246.74299999999999867.20299999999999857.732Kyrgyz Republic
13.76114.81115.97099999999999817.21599999999999818.516Lao P.D.R.
27.94529.63631.50933.59435.88Latvia
51.81553.3660000000000155.62458.32361.085Lebanon
1.8061.912.0272.1192.218Lesotho
2.1682.3352.5532.78800000000000033.045Liberia
39.38951.40860.7572.14687.98700000000002Libya
42.77644.93747.65550.74754.112Lithuania
60.98464.51268.22372.2010000000000276.485Luxembourg
44.06644.96845.8247.30649.403Macao SAR
10.49211.10511.73512.46613.327FYR Macedonia
9.7410.37211.02111.81712.668Madagascar
5.4746.3646.7227.1217.604Malawi
302.748336.30300000000005376.682422.591472.69Malaysia
3.273.4913.7554.0494.378Maldives
14.10315.17215.99516.95118.123Mali
10.46311.15111.79812.54213.339Malta
0.1880.1930.1990.2040.211Marshall Islands
4.7184.7914.8074.95100000000000055.249Mauritania
11.7412.47613.17113.97214.831Mauritius
1063.6061124.3161182.5111250.7641324.5179999999998Mexico
0.3250.3320.340.350.358Micronesia
6.657.0347.3629999999999997.8329999999999988.309Moldova
11.16411.18511.74612.60113.81Mongolia
4.2424.4554.6484.9475.23Montenegro
104.908111.085116.997124.575132.976Morocco
12.04511.44512.74514.06815.544Mozambique
68.27775.74583.93592.775102.453Myanmar
10.18310.90511.6512.44413.309Namibia
21.15423.82425.93628.17530.542Nepal
769.93799.847828.4680000000002860.0893.2489999999998Netherlands
179.359192.816202.379212.936224.908New Zealand
13.41314.29415.24116.21517.25Nicaragua
7.5668.1418.789.6910.517Niger
415.08413.685443.932459.11300000000006482.716Nigeria
376.268392.708405.726419.35432.002Norway
59.67565.79670.24973.4630000000000277.109Oman
0.296000000000000040.3190.3410.3620.38Palau
55.22759.30764.18369.5910000000000175.313Panama
19.91520.76221.62623.0124.615Papua New Guinea
27.32328.58130.24832.05300000000000433.995Paraguay
180.291192.61900000000003204.857217.226230.374Peru
311.687348.593389.484435.905487.989Philippines
467.35488.423517.149548.511582.712Poland
205.86213.001219.604227.0235.232Portugal
100.852100.467100.081100.3100.676Puerto Rico
156.595170.79189.114203.053215.721Qatar
186.514197.004210.1224.235239.553Romania
1267.7541442.4061530.2461610.13700000000041698.192Russia
8.3410000000000018.5689999999999998.9419.5910.482Rwanda
0.87599999999999990.8990.9340.9661.003Samoa
1.5561.60300000000000021.651.71.756San Marino
0.351000000000000030.3750.4030.43700000000000010.478São Tomé and Príncipe
637.785689.0039999999998740.2180000000002777.819816.567Saudi Arabia
14.8716.17217.63319.33221.222Senegal
37.75539.54142.13945.13548.605Serbia
1.4191.4931.5851.6681.765Seychelles
4.2894.4444.7575.1175.5120000000000005Sierra Leone
296.642311.282322.706334.713347.0730000000001Singapore
90.26394.76100.058106.121112.874Slovak Republic
44.12245.91747.56549.62151.837Slovenia
1.2181.2741.3381.4131.4980000000000002Solomon Islands
280.367288.199298.3590000000001311.249325.077South Africa
2.6283.6184.28600000000000054.6855.3420000000000005South Sudan
1252.1631302.951348.5091400.41600000000041456.6229999999996Spain
82.2389999999999887.62694.898102.329110.551Sri Lanka
0.9551.0061.0621.1171.173St. Kitts and Nevis
1.4391.5131.5871.6611.7380000000000002St. Lucia
0.76599999999999990.7970.830.8650.904St. Vincent and the Grenadines
94.297112.519130.14600000000002149.697172.828Sudan
4.1374.4424.8025.0615.2570000000000014Suriname
3.433.4943.5483.613.685Swaziland
517.44532.356546.394564.711581.572Sweden
662.4830000000002684.3860000000002702.235722.322744.784Switzerland
519.149535.543549.112567.754590.364Taiwan Province of China
6.6126.8487.2267.7848.443Tajikistan
46.69550.47555.05359.90265.065Tanzania
390.592403.64417.385436.467457.212Thailand
2.5012.6722.8732.9623.096Timor-Leste
4.524.8965.265.6366.0539999999999985Togo
0.430.4460.4660.4880.509Tonga
22.80923.64525.44827.09300000000000428.648000000000003Trinidad and Tobago
42.3880000000000141.66742.05344.22846.76600000000001Tunisia
735.716769.4739999999998811.927860.9910000000001912.534Turkey
36.57339.57642.15344.97348.081Turkmenistan
0.0320.0340.0350.0360000000000000040.038Tuvalu
25.61300000000000327.64329.72300000000000632.0635.206Uganda
87.19895.297104.897114.525125.257Ukraine
375.022407.571434.812463.416496.92United Arab Emirates
2649.8932609.91200000000072709.192814.2572927.636United Kingdom
18561.93419377.20320250.82921104.7721926.509United States
54.37458.14561.53565.27569.002Uruguay
66.79767.13970.84874.86879.38Uzbekistan
0.7730.82900000000000010.88599999999999990.9441.0Vanuatu
333.715314.103210.164198.041192.75Venezuela
200.493215.919234.189254.324275.762Vietnam
31.32637.30741.79745.33349.041Yemen
20.57420.91622.20724.11226.2Zambia
14.19314.55615.02515.52516.072Zimbabwe
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If people who are free to work produce better quality products than people who are forced to work, then it is reasonable to assume that countries with more slave labor products will have lower GDP. It might even be possible to estimate a country's GDP solely based on the number of product types made by slave labor.

countryslave product type countgdp
Afghanistan419.29
Angola1102.315
Argentina11594.975
Azerbaijan138.541
Bangladesh15246.166
Belize31.855
Benin29.605
Bolivia1039.795
Brazil161953.861
Burkina Faso313.092
Cambodia1220.936999999999998
Cameroon133.118
Central African Republic12.003
Chad111.579
China1212361.737
Colombia8300.988
Costa Rica261.534
Democratic Republic of the Congo741.888999999999996
Dominican Republic575.395
Ecuador498.10700000000001
El Salvador427.659000000000002
Ethiopia376.907
Ghana446.61
Guatemala671.984
Guinea56.904
Honduras321.406
India222457.748
Indonesia71014.867
Kazakhstan1148.292
Kenya974.74
Kyrgyz Republic26.24
Lebanon253.36600000000001
Lesotho11.91
Liberia22.335
Madagascar310.372
Malawi26.364
Malaysia3336.30300000000005
Mali315.172
Mauritania24.791
Mexico111124.316
Mongolia311.185
Mozambique111.445
Namibia110.905
Nepal423.824
Nicaragua714.294
Niger58.141
Nigeria6413.685
Panama359.306999999999995
Paraguay628.581
Peru7192.61900000000003
Philippines13348.593
Russia11442.406
Rwanda18.568999999999999
Senegal116.172
Sierra Leone54.444
South Sudan13.6180000000000003
Sudan1112.51899999999999
Suriname14.442
Tajikistan16.848
Tanzania850.475
Thailand5403.64
Turkey8769.4739999999997
Turkmenistan139.576
Uganda1227.643
Ukraine295.29700000000001
Uzbekistan267.139
Vietnam16215.919
Yemen137.306999999999995
Zambia520.916
SpearmanrResult(correlation=0.49765061609527217, pvalue=1.3579795834469717e-05)
OLS Regression Results
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Dep. Variable: gdp R-squared: 0.165
Model: OLS Adj. R-squared: 0.153
Method: Least Squares F-statistic: 13.47
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 Prob (F-statistic): 0.000477
Time: 21:45:40 Log-Likelihood: -599.19
No. Observations: 69 AIC: 1200.
Df Residuals: 68 BIC: 1203.
Df Model: 1
Covariance Type: nonrobust
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coef std err t P>|t| [0.025 0.975]
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slave product type count 94.8349 25.836 3.671 0.000 43.280 146.390
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Omnibus: 140.623 Durbin-Watson: 2.043
Prob(Omnibus): 0.000 Jarque-Bera (JB): 9132.010
Skew: 7.217 Prob(JB): 0.00
Kurtosis: 57.479 Cond. No. 1.00
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Warnings:
[1] Standard Errors assume that the covariance matrix of the errors is correctly specified.
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