Presentación
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its IV Summer School in Public Economics that will be devoted to immigration and public policy. Within this broad theme there will be two parts: the economic effects of immigration, and the consequences of segregation (along the racial or ethnic dimension). The objective of the course is twofold: to offer an intensive training program for interested PhD students, and to provide young scholars with the opportunity to discuss their own ongoing research with leading researchers in the field in a relaxed and open atmosphere. Students will have the opportunity to present their research work at sessions attended both by the invited lecturers, the organizing committee and IEB researchers.
Courses
The economic effects of immigration (George Borjas)
Labor market impact: theory and geography-based studies
Labor market impact: structural methods
Reconciling the approaches
The economic benefits from immigration
Economic assimilation and immigrant selection
The consequences of segregation (Leah Platt Boustan)
How to measure residential segregation
Causes of residential segregation:
- I: Self-segregation, collective exclusion or individual mobility?
- II: Political economy factors
Consequences of residential segregation: Estimating causal effects, spatial mismatch, neighborhood effects
Immigration and immigrant enclaves
Policy solutions to residential segregation: Place-based vs. people-based solutions, indirect alternatives
Workshop sessions will take place in the afternoon, including students’ presentations.
Committee
Scientific Committee
Matz Dahlberg (Uppsala University & IEB)
Peter Fredriksson (Stockholm University)
Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Esteve Sanromà (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Albert Solé-Ollé (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Javier Vázquez-Grenno (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Organizing Committee
Matz Dahlberg (Uppsala University & IEB)
Peter Fredriksson (Stockholm University)
Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Javier Vázquez-Grenno (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Deadlines
Deadline for application: April 8, 2011
Deadline for acceptance of application: April 29, 2011
Deadline for non presenters registration: June 17, 2011
Application procedure
Send your CV and a one-page description of the topic of your PhD dissertation to ieb.summer@ub.edu
If you intend to present a paper, please attach an extended abstract (or preferably the entire paper).
Only PDF files will be considered.
A letter of support from your PhD supervisor must be sent by post (see address below).
