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200711 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.200711 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-05 37 pages Ramsey, Rianna Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique Dominguez, Ezequiel Barrett, The Honors College Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law School of Music, Dance and Theatre School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership School of Public Affairs Economics Program in CLAS Studying disparities can generate more productive solutions. In the modern era, human trafficking is observed to be mutating into new forms that require effective countermeasures lest trades of human exploitation grow. Two of these forms are sex trafficking and labor trafficking—the two largest global categories of human trafficking. In order to counter their expansion, research that examines their form and function is necessary for learning how best to combat them. Not only is it useful to examine each in isolation, but studied in contrast, they can reveal critical attributes that can be addressed in research and policy. This thesis undertakes a comparative analysis of sex trafficking and labor trafficking to that end, examining their fundamental similarities and significant differences, from definitions to statistics of the two types of human trafficking. Relevant terms are defined before proceeding to points of comparison between sex trafficking and labor trafficking, which are definition, demography, economics, policy, and research. These five topics each build upon one another and are also addressed in an order that reveals increasing degrees of disparity between the two types of trafficking. Extensive research material is used to conduct this comparative analysis, including academic studies, publications from governments or research centers, legislation, books, websites, and two personally conducted confidential interviews. Human trafficking Trafficking Sex Trafficking Labor trafficking forced labor sex trade Slavery Two Roads of Slavery: A Comparative Analysis of Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking