114-0387/01 – Economics of migration (EMI)
Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles, fundamentals and economic analyzes used in Migration Economics. The course consists of a combination of theoretical concepts, empirical results and empirical approaches used in the field of migration economics and critical discussions on the implication of conclusions in public policy. Among other things, attention will be paid to important current economic issues such as migration determinants, factors affecting the integration of foreigners and the consequences of international migration and ethnic diversity.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
NATHAN, M. (2014): The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of literature for receiving countries. IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:4.
PEDERSEN, J. P., PYTLIKOVA, M. and N. SMITH (2008): "Selection and Network Effects - Migration Flows into OECD Countries 1990-2000". European Economic Review. Vol. 52 (7), pp. 1160-1186.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no more student requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Migration economics, introduction, trends and concepts applied in it
2. Determinants of migration
3. Selectivity in migration
4. Adaptation and integration of immigrants; second and third generation in society
5. Differences in labor market by ethnicity, discrimination
6. Immigration impacts
7. Wider impact of immigration on the economy; international migration and globalization
8. Immigration policy
9. Diversity - the impact of the diversity of the workforce on companies and economies
10. Emigration and source countries, brain drain and brain gain, remittance
11. Social mobility
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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