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 Migration Across International Frontiers

April 17 and 19, 2007

 


Contents:

 Agenda  Sources for Presentations
 Links   General Reading Assignment
 Handouts  PowerPoints

 

General Reading Assignment for the entire class:

"Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America", Philip Martin and Elizabeth Midgeley, Population Reference Bureau, Population Bulletin, Vol. 58, No. 2, June, 2003.

 

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Provisional Agenda

( To view the sources for a paper, click on the title. )

 

I. OPENING REMARKS\

 

II. SUGGESTIONS FOR MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Should We Allow More Immigration?"

Paul Thibodeau and Robert Marcoux

"Should Europe Allow More Immigration?"

Michael Thompson

 

III. THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION

 

"How Important are Immigration Networks?"

Jessica Weiss

"Do Immigrants Assimilate Economically?

Yong Zeng

 

IV THE ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Are Trade and Development Substitutes for Migration?"

Asena Woodward

"Should We Have Markets for Immigration?"

Gautam Mehta and Faria Rahman

 

IV. SUMMARY AN CONCLUSIONS

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Sources for Presentations:

 

II. SUGGESTIONS FOR MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Should we allow more immigration?"

 

Chang, Howard F. (2000) "The Economic Analysis of Immigration Law", Migration theory: Talking across disciplines (2000): Brettell, Caroline B.; Hollifield, James F. (editors), New York, Routlege, 205-230. (Paper Reserve)

Lee, Ronald, Miller, Timothy, (2000), "Immigration, Social Security, and Broader Fiscal Impacts", American Economic Review, vol. 90, no. 2, (May 2000), pp. 350-354 (Electronic Reserve)

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"Should Europe Allow More Immigration?"

Berman, Eli; Rzakhanov, Zaur (2000), Fertility, Migration, and Altruism National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper: 7545 February 2000. (Electronic Reserve)

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. (2002), "Out of Africa? Using the Past to Project African Emigration Pressure in the Future", Review of International Economics v10, n3 (August 2002): 556-573. (Electronic Reserve)

Population Council/ United Nations (2000), "The UN Population Division on Replacement Migration", Population and Development Review, June 2000, vol. 26, no. 2, p 413-418. (Electronic Reserve)

 

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III. THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION

 

"How important are immigration networks?"

Davis, Benjamin; Winters, Paul (2001), "Gender, Networks and Mexico-US Migration", Journal of Development Studies v38, n2 (December 2001): 1-26.(Electronic Reserve)

Davis, Benjamin; Stecklov, Guy; Winters, Paul (2002), "Domestic and International Migration from Rural Mexico: Disaggregating the Effects of Network Structure and Composition", Population Studies v56, n3 (November 2002): 291-309. (Paper Reserve)

Winters, Paul; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth (2001), "Family and Community Networks in Mexico-U.S. Migration", Journal of Human Resources v36, n1Winter 2001): 159-184. (Paper Reserve)

 

 

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"How well do immigrants assimilate?"

 

Borjas, George J. (2000), The Economic Progress of Immigrants, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper, 6506. (Electronic Reserve)

Hansen, Jorgen; Lofstrom, Magnus (2003), "Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate into or Out of Welfare?", Journal of Human Resources v38, n1 (Winter 2003): 74-98. (Electronic Reserve)

Borjas, George J., (2003), Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 9781. (Electronic Reserve)

 

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IV THE ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Are trade and development substitutes for migration?"

 

Vogler, Michael; Rotte, Ralph (2000), "The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence", Journal of Population Economics v13, n3 (August 2000): 485-508. (Paper Reserve)

Assous, Laurence (2000), "Regional Integration and Migration Flows: A Critical Review of Recent Literature", Globalisation, migration and development (2000): 59-72 OECD Proceedings. Paris and Washington, D.C.:, 2000, pp. 59-72. (Paper Reserve)

Jones, Richard C. (2001), "Maquiladoras and U.S.-Bound Migration in Central Mexico", Growth and Change v32, n2 (Spring 2001): 193-216. (Electronic Reserves)

Farsakh, Leila (2000), "North African Labour Flows and the Euro-Med Partnership", European Journal of Development Research v12, n1 (June 2000): 58-79. (Paper Reserve)

 

 

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"Should we have markets for immigration?"

Espenshade, Thomas J. (2001), "High-End Immigrants and the Shortage of Skilled Labor", Population Research and Policy Review v20, n1-2 (April 2001): 135-141. (Paper Reserve)

Weinstein, Eric (2002), "Migration for the Benefit of All: Towards a New Paradigm for Economic Immigration", International Labour Review v141, n3 (2002): 225-252. (Electronic Reserve -In the Immigration Folder not the Migration Folder)

Myers, Gordon M.; Papageorgiou, Yorgos Y. (2002), "Towards a Better System for Immigration Control", Journal of Regional Science v42, n1 (February 2002): 51-74 (Omit sections 2-6). (Electronic Reserves)

Watts, Julie R. (2001), "The H-1B visa: Free Market Solutions for Business and Labor", Population Research and Policy Review v20, n1-2 (April 2001): 143-156. (Paper Reserve)

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Links

 

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Handouts

SUGGESTIONS FOR MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Should We Allow More Immigration?"

 

"Should Europe Allow More Immigration?"

 

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION

 

"How Important are Immigration Networks?"

 

"Do Immigrants Assimilate Economically?

 

THE ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Are Trade and Development Substitutes for Migration?"

 

"Should We Have Markets for Immigration?"

 

 

 

"How Does Immigration Affect Sending Countries?"

J. Edward Taylor, (1999) "The New Economics of Labor Migration and the Role of Remittances in theMmigration Process", in International Migration, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1999, pp. 63-88.

 

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PowerPoints

SUGGESTIONS FOR MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Should We Allow More Immigration?"

Paul Thibodeau and Robert Marcoux

 

"Should Europe Allow More Immigration?"

(none)

 

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION

"How Important are Immigration Networks?"

Jessica Weiss

 

"Do Immigrants Assimilate Economically?

Yong Zeng

 

THE ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION POLICY

 

"Are Trade and Development Substitutes for Migration?"

Asena Woodward

 

"Should We Have Markets for Immigration?"

Gautam Mehta and Faria Rahman

 

 

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