Topic outline

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    • Preliminary outline:

      Part 1: Economics of Education

      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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  • Materials

  • Presentations

    Enter your presentation by first adding a discussion topic and then attaching the  presentation as pdf files. Use the title of the paper as the title of the discussion.

    Use this naming convention for your files: YourLastName_Presentation.pdf. Prepare for a 20 minute presentation.





  • Assigments

    If you miss a class, you can substitute in-class discussion with a max. 1,500 words written assignment about each paper (of that session) where you discuss the questions listed on slide 7 of introduction lecture. Papers are listed on the introduction lecture slide.  Substitue assignments on tuesday and wednesday should be submitted by the Friday of the given week.