Yleinen
Preliminary outline:
Part 1: Economics of Education(Syllabus)- Introduction
- Pecuniary returns to education
- Non-pecuniary returns
- Signaling vs. human capital
- Preschool and daycare
Part 2: Economics of Immigration and Discrimination- Self-Selection (The Roy Model)
- Immigration and Wages
- Migrant Labor Markets
- Discrimination
- Anti-Discrimination Policies
- 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%).