Lesson 06 The choice to migrate.

 

The readings of Lesson 6 are the same of Lesson 5.

  • Alessandra Venturini, 2004, Postwar Migration in Southern Europe. An Economic Analyses, 1950-2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Chapter 2. The Choice to Migrate.

Introduction pp.48-49

2.1 An overview of the economic models pp. 50

2.1.1 The Human Capital Model pp. 50

2.1.2 Expected Income Model (Todaro)pp. 51-52

2.1.3 Risk propensity and Risk aversion (Oded Stark) pp.52-53 not the model, yes conclusion pp. 54

2.1.5 Differences in the Utility of Consumption (Faini )pp. 56-59. Only equation 13 and the text.

2.2 Comments on an empirical version of the economic model pp. 66-67

2.3 The Gravitational approach to Migration pp. 67-69

2.4 The Sociological Approach to the Migration Chain pp. 69-70

2.6 Empirical tests pp. 75

2.6.1 The Gravity model pp. 75-79

2.6.2 The Economic model pp. 79-82

2.6.3 The Migratory chain model pp. 82-91

2.7 Final conclusion pp. 91-93

 

  • George Borjas, 2013, Labour Economics, Mac Grow Hill. Section 8.6, The Decision to Immigrate, the Roy Model.