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      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 PDF
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      Lecture 1 part II Self-selection File PDF
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      Lecture 2 part II Migration and Local Wages File PDF
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      Lecture 3 part II Migrant Labor Markets File PDF
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      Lecture 4 part II Discrimination File PDF
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      Lecture 5: Anti-Discrimination Policies File PDF
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      Lecture 6: Unions File PDF