Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Economics of Migration

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	114-9517/01
Abbreviation	EMe
Course title	Economics of Migration
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Mariola Pytliková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Content:
Migration trends; Determinants of migration; Selectivity in migration and immigrant performance; Immigrant assimilation and integration; The second generations; Impacts of migration; Immigration policy; Diversity of workforce - Impacts of diversity on firms and economies.

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

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