ECON-E0720 - Labor Economics II, Lecture, 25.4.2023-7.6.2023

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    Part 1: Economics of Education

    (Syllabus)

    1. Introduction
    2. Pecuniary returns to education
    3. Non-pecuniary returns
    4. Signaling vs. human capital
    5. Preschool and daycare

    
    

    Part 2: Economics of Immigration and Discrimination

    1. Self-Selection (The Roy Model)
    2. Immigration and Wages
    3. Migrant Labor Markets
    4. Discrimination
    5. Anti-Discrimination Policies
    6. Unions

    
    Kristiina Huttunen and Matti Sarvimäki will teach part I and Tuomo Virkola part II. Part I will be implemented in a Reading Group format, see details here. Grading will be based on student presentations (30%), in-class activity (20%) and final exam (50%).
    

    
    

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    Syllabus part II File

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    Lecture 1 part II Self-selection File

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    Lecture 2 part II Migration and Local Wages File

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    Lecture 3 part II Migrant Labor Markets File

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    Lecture 4 part II Discrimination File

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    Lecture 5: Anti-Discrimination Policies File

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    Lecture 6: Unions File

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