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Economics of Migration

Course aims

The course focuses on key topics in immigration economics. We will study theory and empirical cases within the different immigration economics areas such as determinants of migration, consequnces of migration on sending and receiving countries, immigrant assimilation and integration, the role of immigration policy, ethnic diversity.

Literature

Main textbook:
BANSAK, C., SIMPSON, N.B. and M.ZAVODNY (2015): The Economics of Immigration. ISBN-13: 978-0415747066. Routledge

Journal articles:
ADSERÀ, Alícia and Mariola PYTLIKOVÁ (2015): “The Role of Language in Shaping International Migration”. Economic Journal, Vol. 125, Issue 586, pp. F49-F81. August 2015.

PARROTTA, P., POZZOLI, D. and M. PYTLIKOVA (2014): "The Nexus between Labor Diversity and Firm's Innovation." Journal of Population Economics. Vol. 27, Issue 2, April 2014, pp 303-364.

Advised literature

Complementary textbooks:
Ehrenberg and Smith: Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy 12e,
Pierre Cahuc, Stephanie Carcillo and Andre Zylberberg: Labor Economics 2e,
Chapters in Chiswick and Miller ed. Handbook of the Economics of International Migration,
Borjas (2014): Immigration Economics,
Borjas: Labor Economics, 6e
Bodvarsson, Ö. and H. van den Berg (2013): The Economics of Immigration – Theory and Policy, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.

Additional literature based on journal articles and other book chapters

Other sources:
- Top field journals: Labour Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and Journal of Human Resources
- Link to conferences' programs: joint EALE/SOLE world meeting in Montreal, previous EALE, ESPE and SOLE annual conferences, and events organized by IZA in Bonn.
- Important websites with resourses for labor economics and economics of migration: IZA Bonn - Institute for the Study of Labor, CReAM- Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration at UCL


Language of instruction angličtina
Code 114-9517
Abbreviation EMe
Course title Economics of Migration
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Mariola Pytliková, Ph.D.