Economics of Migration

COURSE SYLLABUS

16I034

3 ECTS

TERM 2

ELECTIVE

Professor

Prof. Albrecht Glitz

Prerequisites to enroll

The participants of this course should be familiar with the basic concepts of statistics and

econometrics that are usually covered in an undergraduate degree in economics. Having

followed the econometric methods course in the first term of the year will also be useful.

Overview and objectives

This course provides an overview of the key concepts in the economics of immigration. It is

divided into two parts. The first part consists of 4 lectures in which we will cover the basic

theoretical models. The second part will be seminar style. Each seminar will consist of an overview

of the specific topic given by me, and presentations given by the students. For this purpose,

students will team up in pairs and prepare a presentation and brief report about one of the key

papers in the relevant literature.

Course outline

Part 1: Lectures

1. Introduction, Background and History

2. The Migration Decision and Forms of Migration

Economics of Migration

3. The Effect of Immigration on Wages and Employment

4. The Effect of Immigration on the Industry Structure and Technology

Part 2: Seminars

1. Immigration and Economic Development

2. Immigration and Assimilation

3. Estimating the Labor Market Impact of Immigration

4. The Effect of Immigration on Prices, Housing and Crime

5. Illegal Immigration, Ethnic Segregation and Attitudes to Immigration

6. Refugee Migration

Required activities

Class presentation and submission of written referee report (in groups).

Evaluation

Class presentation (50%) and referee report (50%).

Materials

General Reading

Bodvarsson, Ö. and H. van den Berg (2009), The Economics of Immigration – Theory and Policy, Berlin

Heidelberg: Springer.

Borjas, G. J. (1999), “The Economic Analysis of Immigration”, in O. C. Ashenfelter and D. Card (Eds.),

Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3A, Chapter 28, pp. 1697-1760, Amsterdam: North-Holland.

The Migration Decision

Bertoli, S. and J. Fernández-Huertas Moraga (2013), “Multilateral Resistance to Migration", Journal of

Development Economics, Vol. 102, pp. 79-100.

Economics of Migration

Borjas, G. J. (1987), “Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants", American Economic Review, Vol.

77 (4), pp. 531-553.

Borjas, G. J., I. Kauppinen and P. Poutvaara (2019), “Self-selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on

Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics", The Economic Journal, Vol. 129

(617), pp. 143-171.

Chiquiar, D. and G. Hanson (2005), International Migration, Self-Selection, and the Distribution of

Wages: Evidence from Mexico and the United States", Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 113 (2), pp.

239-281.

Chiswick, B. R. (1999), “Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?", American Economic Review Papers and

Proceedings, Vol. 89 (2), pp. 181-186.

Dustmann, C., I. Fadlon and Y. Weiss (2011). “Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation and the Brain

Drain", Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 95, pp. 58-67.

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, J. (2011), “New Evidence on Emigrant Selection", Review of Economics and

Statistics, Vol. 93 (1), pp. 72-96.

Grogger, J. and G. H. Hanson (2011), “Income Maximization and the Selection and Sorting of International

Migrants", Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 95 (1), pp. 42-57.

Hanson, G. H. (2010), “International Migration and the Developing World", in D. Rodrik and M. Rosenzweig,

editors: Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 5, The Netherlands: North-Holland, pp. 4363-4414.

Munshi, K. (2003), “Networks in the Modern Economy: Mexican Migrants in the U.S. Labor Market",

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 118 (2), pp. 549-599.

Ortega, F. and G. Peri (2013), “The Effect of Income and Immigration Policies on International

Migration", Migration Studies, Volume 1, pp. 1-28.

Patt, A., J. Ruhose, S. Wiederhold and M. Flores (2021), “International Emigrant Selection on Occupational

Skills", Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 19 (2), pp. 1249-1298.

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135-146.

Forms of Migration

Economics of Migration

Adda, J., C. Dustmann and J.-S. Gorlach (2020), “The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital

Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation", forthcoming Review of Economic Studies.

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of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 78 (1), pp. 165-176.

Dustmann, C. (1996), “Return Migration: The European Experience", Economic Policy, Vol. 22, pp. 215-250.

Dustmann, C. (2003), “Return Migration, Wage Differentials, and the Optimal Migration Duration",

European Economic Review, Vol. 47 (2), pp. 353-367.

Dustmann, C. and O. Kirchkamp (2002), “The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice After Re-

migration", Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 67 (2), pp. 351-372.

Dustmann, C. and Y. Weiss (2007), “Return Migration: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the UK", British

Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 45 (2), pp. 236-256.

Dustmann, C. and J.-S. Görlach (2016), “The Economics of Temporary Migrations." Journal of

Economic Literature, Vol. 54 (1), pp. 98-136.

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Performance", International Economic Review, Vol. 31 (2), pp. 463-467.

The Effect of Immigration on Wages and Employment

Albert, C. (2021), “The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: Job Creation versus Job Competition", American

Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 35-78.

Amior, M. and A. Manning (2021), “Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration", CEP Discussion Paper

No. 1690.

Altonji, J. G. and D. Card (1991), “The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-skilled

Natives", in J. M. Abowd and R. B. Freeman (Eds.), Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, Chapter 7,

pp. 201-234, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Beerli, A., J. Ruffner, M. Siegenthaler and G. Peri (2020), “The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the

Performance of Firms and Workers: Evidence from Switzerland", American Economic Review, Vol. 111 (3),

pp. 976-1012.

Borjas, G. J. (2017), “The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: A Reappraisal", ILR Review, Vol. 70 (5), pp. 1077-

1110.

Economics of Migration

Borjas, G. J. (2016), “The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: Additional Evidence", NBER Working Paper 21850.

Borjas, G. J. (2003), “The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of

Immigration on the Labor Market", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 118 (4), pp. 1335-1374.

Borjas, G. J., R. B. Freeman, and L. F. Katz (1997), “How Much Do Immigration and Trade Affect Labor Market

Outcomes?", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Vol. 1997 (1), pp. 1-90.

Burstein, A., G. Hanson, L. Tian and Jonathan Vogel (2020), “Tradability and the Labor-Market Impact of

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of Economic Studies forthcoming.

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Card, D. (2001), “Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher

Immigration", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 22-64.

Chassamboulli, A. and G. Peri (2015), “The Labor Market Effects of Reducing the Number of Illegal

Immigrants", Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 18 (4), pp. 792-821.

D'Amuri, F., G. I. P. Ottaviano, and G. Peri (2010), “The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western

Germany in the 1990's", European Economic Review, Vol. 54 (4), pp. 550-570.

Dustmann, C., T. Frattini and I. Preston (2013), “The Effect of Immigration Along the Distribution of

Wages", Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 80 (1), pp. 145-173.

Dustmann, C., U. Schönberg and J. Stuhler (2016), “The Impact of Immigration: Why Do Studies Reach Such

Different Results?", Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 30 (4), pp. 31-56.

Dustmann, C., U. Schönberg and J. Stuhler (2017), “Labor Supply Shocks, Native Wages, and the Adjustment

of Local Employment", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 132 (1), pp. 435-483.

Glitz, A. (2012), “The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: A Quasi-Experiment Exploiting Immigrant

Location Rules in Germany", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 175-213.

Goldsmith-Pinkham, P., I. Sorkin, and H. Swift (2020), “Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How",

American Economic Review, Vol. 110 (8), pp. 2586-2624.

Economics of Migration

Hunt, J. (1992), “The Impact of the 1962 Repatriates from Algeria on the French Labor Market", Industrial

and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 45 (3), pp. 556-572.

Jaeger, D., J. Ruist and J. Stuhler (2018), “Shift-Share Instruments and Dynamic Adjustments: The Case of

Immigration", NBER Working Paper 24285.

Llull, J. (2018), “Immigration, Wages, and Education: A Labor Market Equilibrium Structural Model", Review

of Economic Studies, Vol. 85 (3), pp. 1852-1896.

Manacorda, M., A. Manning, and J. Wadsworth (2012), “The Impact of Immigration on the Structure

of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain", Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol.

10 (1), pp. 120-151.

Mishra, P. (2007), “Emigration and Wages in Source Countries: Evidence from Mexico", Journal of

Development Economics, Vol. 82 (1), 180-199.

Monras, J. (2020), “Immigration and Wage Dynamics: Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis", Journal of

Political Economy, Vol. 128 (8), pp. 3017-3089.

Okkerse, L. (2008), “How To Measure Labour Market Effects of Immigration: A Review", Journal of Economic

Surveys, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 1-30.

Ortega, F. and Polavieja, J. G. (2012), “Labor-market Exposure as a Determinant of Attitudes Toward

Immigration", Labour Economics, Vol. 19, pp. 298-311.

Ottaviano, G. I. P. and G. Peri (2012), “Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages", Journal of

the European Economic Association, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 152-197.

Ottaviano, G. I. P. and G. Peri (2008), “Immigration and National Wages: Clarifying the Theory and the

Empirics", NBER Working Paper No. 14188.

Peri, G. and V. Yasenov (2017), “The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave: Synthetic Control Method

Meets the Mariel Boatlift", IZA Discussion Paper No. 10605.

Peri, G. and C. Sparber (2009), “Task Specialization, Immigration and Wages", American Economic

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Pischke, J.-S. and J. Velling (1997), “Employment Effects of Immigration to Germany: An Analysis Based on

Local Labor Markets", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 79 (4), pp. 594-604.

Economics of Migration

Prantl, S. and A. Spitz-Oener (2020), “The Impact of Immigration on Competing Natives' Wages: Evidence

from German Reunification", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 102 (1), pp. 79-97.

The Effect of Immigration on the Industry Structure and Technology

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Beaudry, P., and D. A. Green (2005). “Changes in U.S. Wages, 1976-2000: Ongoing Skill Bias or Major

Technological Change?", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 609-648.

Clemens, M. A., E. G. Lewis and H. Postel (2018), “Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy:

Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion", American Economic Review, Vol. 108 (6), pp. 1468-1487.

Cortes, P. (2008), “The Effect of Low-skilled Immigration on U.S. Prices: Evidence from CPI Data", Journal of

Political Economy, Vol. 116 (3), pp. 381-422.

Doms, M. and E. G. Lewis (2006), “Labor Supply and Personal Computer Adoption", Federal Reserve Bank

of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2006-18.

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Economics of Migration

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Immigration and Economic Development

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Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador", Mimeo.

Aycena, D., Martinez, C. and D. Yang (2010), “The Impact of Remittance Fees on Remittance Flows: Evidence

from a Field Experiment Among Salvadoran Migrants", Mimeo.

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Prospects, Problems, and Policies, edited by J. Bhagwati and G. Hanson.

Economics of Migration

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a Typhoon", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 123-153.

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55 (2), pp. 227-234.

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Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks", The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, pp. 591-630.

Immigration and Assimilation

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Immigrants", CEPR Discussion Paper 16432.

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Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK", Economic Journal, Vol. 120 (542), pp. F4-F30.

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Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 13 (2), pp. 201-245.

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Economics of Migration

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Germany", unpublished manuscript.

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Review, Vol. 89 (2), pp. 186-191.

Dustmann, C., A. Glitz and T. Vogel (2010), “Employment, Wages, and the Economic Cycle: Differences

between Immigrants and Natives", European Economic Review, Vol. 54 (1), pp. 1-17.

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Profiles", Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1, Chapter 10, pp. 489-533.

Dustmann, C. and J.-S. Görlach (2016), “Estimating Immigrant Earnings Profiles when Migrations Are

Temporary", Labour Economics, Vol. 41, pp. 1-8.

Dustmann, C. and A. van Soest (2001), “Language Fluency and Earnings: Estimation with Misclassified

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Political Economy, Vol. 115 (5), pp. 820-867.

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Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 39 (1), pp. 37-78.

The Effect of Immigration on Prices, Housing and Crime

Economics of Migration

Alonso, C., N. Garoupa, M. Perera, and P. Vazquez (2012), “Does Immigration Cause Crime? Evidence from

Spain", American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 14 (1), pp. 165-191.

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Economic Letters, Vol 16, pp. 1537-1541.

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UK", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 95 (4), pp. 1278-1290.

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Borjas, G. J., J. Grogger and G. H. Hanson (2006), “Immigration and African-American Employment

Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks", NBER

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Butcher, K. and A. Morrison Piehl (1998), “Cross-City Evidence on the Relationship Between Immigration

and Crime", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 17 (3), pp. 654-679.

Cortes, P. (2008), “The Effect of Low-skilled Immigration on US Prices: Evidence from CPI Data",

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 116 (3), pp. 381-422.

Cortes, P. and J. Tessada (2009), “Low-Skilled Immigration and the Labor Supply of Highly Educated

Women", Working Paper.

Farr_e, L., L. González and F. Ortega (2011), “Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of

Skilled Native Women", B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions, Vol. 11 (1), Article 34.

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Equilibrium Approach", CReAM Discussion Paper No. 13/07.

Pinotti, P. (2015), “Clicking on Heaven's Door: The Effect of Immigrant Legalization on Crime",

American Economic Review, Vol. 107 (1), pp. 138-168.

Piopiunik, M. and J. Ruhose (2017), “Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an

Allocation Policy in Germany", European Economic Review, Vol. 92, pp. 258-282.

Economics of Migration

Saiz, A. (2003), “Room in the Kitchen for the Melting Pot: Immigration and Rental Prices", Review of

Economics and Statistics, Vol. 85 (3), pp. 502-521.

Saiz, A. (2007), “Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities", Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 61

(2), pp. 345-371.

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Review, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 177-219.

Illegal Immigration, Ethnic Segregation and Attitudes to Immigration

Alesina, A., A. Miano and S. Stantcheva (2019) “Immigration and Redistribution", NBER Working Paper

24733.

Aslund, O., L. Hensvik and O. Nordström Skans (2010), “Will I See You at Work? Ethnic Workplace

Segregation in Sweden 1985-2002", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 63 (3), pp. 471-493.

Battisti, M., G. Peri and A. Romiti (2021), “Dynamic Effects of Co-Ethnic Networks on Immigrants'

Economic Success", forthcoming Economic Journal.

Bertrand, M., E. Luttmer and S. Mullainathan (2000), “Network Effects and Welfare Cultures", Quarterly

Journal of Economics, Vol. 115 (3), pp. 1019-1055.

Brown, J. D., J. L. Hotchkiss and M. Quispe-Agnoli (2013), “Does Employing Undocumented Workers Give

Firms a Competitive Advantage?", Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 53 (1), pp. 158-170.

Card, D., C. Dustmann and I. Preston (2011), “Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities",

Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 78-119.

Cascio, E. and E. G. Lewis (2021), “Opening the Door: Migration and Self-Selection in a Restrictive

Immigration Regime" NBER Working Paper 27874.

Damm, A. P. (2009), “Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental

Evidence", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 281-314.

Dustmann, C. and A. Glitz (2005), “Immigration, Jobs and Wages: Theory, Evidence and Opinion", CEPR

Report.

Dustmann, C., A. Glitz, U. Schönberg and H. Brücker (2016), “Referral-based Job Search Networks", Review

of Economic Studies, Vol. 83 (2), pp. 514-546.

Economics of Migration

Edin, P. A., P. Fredriksson and O. Aslund (2003), “Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of

Immigrants: Evidence from a Natural Experiment", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 118 (1), pp.

329-357.

Facchini, G. and A. M. Mayda (2009), “Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants?

Evidence across Countries", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 91 (2), pp. 295-314.

Fasani, F. (2015), “Understanding the Role of Immigrants' Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments",

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 61 (3-4), pp. 722-763.

Gathmann, C. (2008), “Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling at the

Southwestern Border", Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92 (10-11), pp. 1926-1941.

Hanson, G. and A. Spilimbergo (1999), “Illegal Immigration, Border Enforcement and Relative Wages:

Evidence from Apprehensions at the USMexico Border", American Economic Review, Vol. 89(5), pp.

1337-1357.

Mayda, A. M. (2006), “Who Is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes

Toward Immigrants", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 88 (3), pp. 510-530.

Monras, J., J. Vázquez-Grenno and F. Elias (2021), “Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to

Undocumented Immigrants", CEPR Discussion Paper 12726.

Ortega, F. and J. Polavieja (2012), “Labor-market Exposure as a Determinant of Attitudes Toward

Immigration", Labour Economics, Vol. 19 (3), pp. 298-311.

Piil Damm, A. (2009), “Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes: Quasi-

experimental Evidence", Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 281-314.

Yoshida, C. and A. D. Woodland (2005), The Economics of Illegal Immigration, Palgrave Macmillan.

Refugee Migration

Baez, J. E. (2011), “Civil Wars Beyond Their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of

Hosting Refugees", Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 96, pp. 391-408.

Bauer, T. K., S. Braun and M. Kvasnicka (2013), “The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence for

Post-war Germany", The Economic Journal, Vol. 123 (571), pp. 998-1024.

Economics of Migration

Cortes, K. E. (2004), “Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the

Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 86 (2),

pp. 465-480.

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BSE Course Syllabus: Title of the Course

Competencies

To (be able to) communicate with determination and in the English Language,

the results and implications of the required analytical study using a language

that the receiver can relate to.

To work within a heterogeneous team of researchers as economic analyst

using specific group techniques.

To fit in diverse professional environments and varied types of collaborations

in different professional projects

To possess and understand the knowledge that provides a basis or

opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often

in a research context.

That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their ability to

solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or

multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.

That the students be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of

making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited,

include reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the

application of their knowledge and judgments.

That the students be able to communicate their conclusions and the

knowledge and the ultimate reasons that sustain them to both, specialized and

non-specialized publics in a clear and unambiguous way.

That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying

in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

To identify and apply the insights of the theory, the models, and the analytical

tools of modern economy to its global dimension.

Understand and apply economic theory related to the regulation of

markets and competition policy.

BSE Course Syllabus: Title of the Course

Understand and apply the economics of international trade and finance

and economic development

To understand and apply the quantitative methods used to solve

complex problems of the economy.

To evaluate, with theoretical and quantitative instruments, the complex

realities of the economy to

understand the way it works.

Learning outcomes

Deep knowledge of the economics of international trade, finance and

development.

Applies economic concepts to economic pressure policy problems

related to growth, economic stability

and poverty.

Analyze economic data rigorously.