Spring 2012 Economics 4292-001

Migration, Immigrant Adaptation, and Development

INSTRUCTOR: Michael Greenwood
CLASS HOURS: TR 2:00–3:15 p.m.
CLASS LOCATION: MUEN E113
OFFICE HOURS:TR 3:20-4:55 p.m. and by appointment
OFFICE LOCATION: ECON 106
PHONE: 303.492.6394
EMAIL: michael.greenwood@colorado.edu

SYLLABUS

PDFs
The Early History of Migration Research Revisited
Immigrants and the Spread of Tuberculosis in the United States: A Hidden Cost of Immigration
Modeling the age and age composition of late 19th century U.S. immigrants from Europe
Population: Migration
Contemporary Migration and Urbanization in Historical Perspective
Greenwood and Sexton Temporal Stability
Greenwood and Sexton Temporal Stability Table 3
Macro Determinants of International Migration
Migration and Labor Market Opportunities
Modeling Migration
Potential Channels of Immigrant Influence
Sex-specific historical U.S. immigration from Europe, 1870-1910
The Closing of the American West Final
The Closing of the American West Final Table 2
The Closing of the American West Final Table 3

PowerPoints

Module 1 Introduction Module 17 Influence of migration on labor demand
Module 2 Questions asked in migration Module 18 The Economic Consequences of U
Module 3 Migration and urbanization Module 19 The Local US Impacts of Immigration
Module 4 Ravenstein and gravity models Module 20 The Economic Consequences of US Immigration: Part 2
Module 5 Determinants of migration Module 21 Immigration and the Spread of TB in the US
Module 6 Modeling Migration Module 22 The Economic Consequences of Emigration
Module 7 Human capital II Module 23 Mexican migration to US
Module 8 Mincer's model of family migratiion Module 24 The New Economics of Migration
Module 9 US immigration policy and admittances Module 26 Remittances
Module 10 Problems with comparability of internatl mig measures Module 30 The Baby Boom
Module 11 Macroeconomic determinants of international migration Module 31 Internal migration in the US-combined
Module 12 An Econometric Model of Sex-Specific US Immigration Before the Civil War Module 32 The Closing of the American West
Module 13 Modeling the Age and Age Composition of Late 19th Century US Immigration from Europe Module 37 Migration and Employment Change in the United States
Module 14 Family and Sex-Specific US Immigration Module 38 Declining US Internal Migration Rates
Module 15 From Europe to the Americas Module 39 International comparisions of internal migration
Module 16 The Economic Consequences of US Immigration: Part 1  

 

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