Table 6

Corruption, SDGs and modern slavery: additional analysis

Variable(s)Dependent variable: Modern slavery (MS)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
2023 sample2018 sample2016 sampleMS_ALTOECD countryNon-OECDRDI
Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)Estimate (t-value)
CORRUP2.0276*** (2.61)3.4205*** (7.42)4.1610*** (3.31)0.4043*** (7.55)2.3217 (1.57)2.7333*** (3.99)4.1015*** (6.09)
SDG−0.4321** (2.21)−0.7634*** (−6.57)−0.5096*** (−5.15)−0.0156*** (−2.84)−0.2730 (−1.02)−0.3576*** (−4.14)−0.3968*** (−4.31)
STAKE0.2068 (0.30)−2.0068 (−1.42)−3.7877*** (−3.14)−0.0601 (−0.90)−0.6007 (−0.32)−2.1666** (−2.05)−2.3505** (−2.11)
GDP1.5540 (1.35)−3.3497* (−1.69)−1.8502 (−1.07)−0.6954*** (−7.33)−0.5759 (−0.18)−1.7091 (−1.10)−0.1821** (−0.12)
FOI−2.4394*** (−5.70)−5.1743*** (−5.18)−2.5834*** (−3.10)−0.0417 (−0.89)−8.8027*** (−3.93)−3.4643*** (−5.08)−3.5548*** (−5.10)
FDI2.1217*** (2.61)1.2015 (0.47)1.7035 (1.33)−0.1367 (−1.60)−0.2130 (−0.08)2.4357 (1.47)0.2693 (0.16)
LnExport−0.1991 (−1.12)0.5377 (1.34)0.8645*** (2.64)0.3130*** (16.98)0.5696 (1.22)0.3007 (1.06)0.2865 (1.00)
MAN−1.5992 (−1.18)−3.5265 (−1.26)−1.5909 (−0.65)−0.0624 (−0.46)−0.8251 (−0.46)−4.9541 (−0.99)1.0891 (−0.51)
RDI      −0.6234*** (−2.82)
Constant1.4320 (0.38)96.8244*** (10.25)61.6300*** (7.84)1.3041*** (3.05)49.0337* (1.94)62.8348*** (5.89)61.8123*** (5.40)
Year FENoNoNoYesYesYesYes
Adj. R20.31870.89240.72530.69840.81050.71280.8145
N14614114443196335414

Note(s): All variable definitions are given in Table 1. t-values are shown in parentheses. ***, ** and * represent significance levels of 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively

Source(s): Table by the authors

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