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Estimating forced labour: from a legal category to a statistical category for international political campaigns

Nicola Schalkowskia ZI Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Léa Renardb Max Weber Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-4430-4717View further author information
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Pages 587-610 | Published online: 11 Mar 2024

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