ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION TRAINING MASTERCLASS

Towards growing and developing sustainable migration as a catalyst for economic development

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Immigration is a catalyst for economic development. Immigration is, a source of economic capacity and dynamism This course is dimensionalizing the new economics of Immigration and the global Governance of migration emphasizing the multidimensionality of economics of immigration that is providing the modern day economic perspective on a complex social phenomenon.

Border security and humanitarian concerns dominate   in most countries crowding out economics—and nearly everything else. The issue quickly gets politicized and compartmentalized. And when economic concerns do break through, they get bureaucratized, reduced to fights over specific visa counts in specific visa categories. Rarely is immigration recognized clearly and simply as a critical ingredient of prosperous and thriving local economies—with a reasoned policy discussion flowing from there not knowing the role immigration plays in their local economy. 

Course overview

 The aim of this course is to offer the participants the basic instruments to understand, from an economic point of view, the reality and the main characteristics of migration, its determinants, the impact that movements of people have on origin and destination countries, including the costs that migration imposes on receiving and sending countries and to promote a sustainable migration that brings value of money and business to the nation.

Delegates will be exposed to modern interventions that contribute to a sustainable migration in their respective countries.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, the student will be able to:

•       Have knowledge and understanding of key concepts, issues and models in the economics of migration, along with empirical evidence on and policy implications of those models and a deeper understanding of recent research activity in some more specialised areas.

•           Research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.

•           Communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding and to collaborate with and relate to others.

•           Personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, teamwork and group interaction, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.

•           Practical and technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis.

• Hands on experience on Consequent management

Course description

Many topics will be addressed in this course. Some of the topics will include: migrant selection, return migration, remittances, the brain drain, immigrant assimilation, labor market and fiscal effects of immigration, integration, diversity and productivity, trade and migration, political economy of immigration, refugees and so on.

Objectives

• That the participants would be able to view immigration through the lens of economics and how immigration contributes to economic growth and obtain the following :

        Competencies

• To be able to communicate with determination the results and implications of the required analytical understanding of these fundamentals of economics of immigration which their organizations can relate to and streamline.
• To work within their diverse immigration departments   after training to offer professional service using techniques thus derived from the training.
• To possess and understand the knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity   in the development and   application of ideas , knowledge and skills thus learned to promote sustainable immigration.
• That participants know how to apply the acquired knowledge and have the   ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar   immigration environments within broader or related multidisciplinary contexts.
• To identify and apply the insights of the theory, the models, and the analytical tools of modern economy to its global dimension of immigration.
• Understand and apply economic theory and practice to immigration industry and economic development

Course goals

•           This course provides a basic understanding of the economics of migration to better understand the economic impact of migration and the policy challenges. 

The goals of the course are to help students (a) develop and apply analytical skills used in the study of labor economics and the economics of international migration, and (b) develop professional skills, including evaluating research, making presentations, working collaboratively, and completing written projects.

•           The participants to be thoroughly conversant with the effects of immigration emigration as well as the effects of migration on migrants themselves.

  Upon successful completion of this course 

•           Participants will be able to understand the cost benefit analysis approach to the decision to immigrate and the investment in human capital.

•            They will be able to differentiate between economic migrants and refugees, their different motivations and outcomes in the host country.

•           they will be able to apply the supply and demand model and evaluate the impact of immigration on labor markets in order to identify the corresponding changes in wages.

•Participants will further be able to evaluate the role of institutions, government, and public policy and the impact of immigration on markets and government budgets.

 Students will be able to demonstrate the implications of immigration for individuals, firms, and the global economy

Personal Benefits

• The ability to identify, define and analyze theoretical and applied economics of Immigration problems and identify or devise approaches to investigate and solve these problems.
• The ability to critically assess existing understanding of economic and social issues, the limitations of that understanding and the limitations of their own knowledge and understanding of those issues.
• The ability to question the principles, methods, standards and boundaries of economic knowledge
• Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
• The ability to be independent learnerswho take responsibility for their own learning, and are committed to continuous reflection, self-evaluation and self-improvement.
• The ability to collaborate and debate effectively to test, modify and strengthen their own views.

Communication

• The ability to make effective use of oral, written and visual means to critique, create and communicate understanding.
• The ability to further their own learning through effective use of feedback.
• The ability to use communication as a tool for collaborating and relating to others.

Personal Effectiveness

• The ability to manage tasks and also skills in time-management.
• The ability to work effectively with others, capitalizing on their different thinking.

Course outline

DAY 1: 

• Introduction, Background and History
• The Causes and Effects of International Migrations:
• Immigration Theory for a New Century: Some Problems and Opportunities.
• The Migration Decision and Forms of Migration
• Economic theory and
• Determinants of migration
• Income maximization and the selection and sorting of international migrants.

Consequents of Migration

• Jobs and wages

• Public Fiscus and economics of immigration 

• The impact of migration on Destination Countries
• The Effect of Immigration on Wages and Employment
• The Effect of Immigration on the Industry Structure and Technology
• The Evolution of Global Bilateral Migration

DAY 2: 

• Immigration and Economic Development
• Immigration and Assimilation
• Attitudes towards Migration in Destination Countries
• Who Is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes Toward Immigrants
• The Economic Impact of Immigration
• Migration and Remittances
• The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy.
• Estimating the Labor Market Impact of Immigration
• The Effect of Immigration on Prices, Housing and Crime
• Illegal Immigration, Ethnic Segregation and Attitudes to Immigration
• Refugee Migration
• The Effect of Immigration on Prices, Housing and Crime
• Immigration and Prices
• The Effects of Immigration on Wages and Rents:
• Immigration and Housing Rents in Cities
• Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling at the borders
• Managing Illegal Immigration How Effective Is Enforcement?

DAY3

Introduction to Methods for Estimating Causal Effect of Migration

Destination Countries

a) Networks and Labor Market Integration

b) Labor Market Effects of Migration

c) Economic Impact of Immigration beyond the Labor Market

d) Attitudes towards Migration in Destination Countries

Effects of Origin Countries

a) Brain Drain and Brain Gain

b) Income Gains and Remittances

c) Social Remittances and the Effects of Diaspora Migration and the countries of Origin.

• Remittances to home country
• Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to
• Undocumented Immigrants.
• The Economics of Illegal Immigration.
• The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees –Development economics
• Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants?

DAY4

• How Economic, Humanitarian, and
• Religious Concerns Shape European Attitudes toward Asylum Seekers.
• Do Concerns About Labor Market Competition Shape Attitudes Toward Immigration?
• Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile
• What Asylum and Refugee Policies Do Europeans Want? Evidence from a Cross-National Conjoint Experiment Brain Drain and Brain Gain
• Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
• The Economic Consequences of “Brain Drain” of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from Five Countries.
• Income Gains and Remittances
• Migrant Remittances..
• . Remittances and the Brain Drain More Educated Migrants Remit More.
• Migration Networks and Microenterprises
• International Migration, Remittances and Household Investment
• Social Remittances and the Effects of Diasporas
• Impacts on Sending Countries

Immigration and Globalization

• Migration and Globalization: What’s in It for Developing Countries?
• Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment.
• Refugee Migration and Electoral Outcomes.
• Refugee Integration into the Labor Market:
• Including high skilled immigration and undocumented immigration. Other issues (e.g., the politics of immigration and immigration reform, refugees.
• Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Migrants’ Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks.

DAY5

• connections between immigration, international trade and productivity growth
• . Economic impacts of new immigration on wages and employment
• Understanding the economic impact of new immigration on the existing population
• Talent, Immigration and Economic competitiveness.
• How High-Skilled Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” Innovation Policy and the Economy

Who Can Attend

• Immigration officers
• Border control personnel
• Home Affairs officers
• Non-Governmental Organizations
• Refugee experts
• Human rights organizations
• Civic Organizations

Training Methodology

The training will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding Comprehension and retentions of the information presented.

The training course is highly class work based and will prompt delegates to reflect on current practices and on their current practice. The tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide variety of methods including direct input, discussions, case studies and group work

This course is taught through a programme of five day presentations.

 Learning-by-doing, through a group presentation.