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Module title:

Economics of Migration

Module title (english):

Economics of Migration

Module number:

82-021-VWLECO18-H-0117

Level:

Bachelor (UNI)

Course of study:

Type:

Modul

Organising faculty/Language Center:

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Instructors responsible:

Danzer, Alexander

Examiners:

Credit points (ECTS):

competencies/skills:

- Students of the course acquire detailed knowledge about microeconomic theories of migration.
- Students have developed reflected views on the causes and consequences of migration for the host and source countries.
- They are able to understand the challenge of integrating immigrants. They are able to assess political positions in the fields of migration and integration.
- Students get to know data sources for the study of migration and integration.

course content/topics:

- Migration
- Self-selection of immigrants in the Roy model: theory and evidence
- The labor market situation of immigrants
- The effect of emigration on natives
- Social networks
- The New Economics of Labor Migration: household perspective
- Integration
- The transferability of human capital and skill depreciation
- The integration and assimilation of Immigrants
- The acquisition of language skills
- Specific migrant groups
- Scientists
- Second-generation immigrants: educational success

formal requirements of admission:

recommended qualifications:

Microeconomics I

Lehr- und Lernformen/Lehrveranstaltungstypen:

requirements for the attainment of ECTS points:

The assessment is based on a term paper

workload/distribution of ECTS points within the module:

30 h = Time of attendance lecture
30 h = Preparation and postprocessing lecture
20 h = Time of attendance tutorial
70 h = Term paper
150 h = Total workload

calculation of module marks:

Term paper 100%

teaching/learning method:

- Lectures
- Tutorials

compatibility with other courses of study:

Turnus des Angebots:

Beteiligte Fachgebiete:

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