| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende |
|---|
| 857-0104-00L | Topics in Public Policy: The Politics and Policies of International Migration  Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 18
MACIS Studierende haben Priorität. | 8 KP | 3S | D. Hangartner,
J. Pianzola |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course covers both classic and recent topics of international migration, including: economic and political effects of immigration, explanations for anti-immigrant attitudes, methods to assess economic and political discrimination, integration policies (immigrant voting rights and naturalization), and asylum policies. |
| Lernziel | Upon completion, course participants will have a through understanding of the politics and policy of migration as well as knowledge of how to apply advanced quantitative methods for migration policy analysis. |
| Literatur | The reading materials consist of a series of academic papers (see detailed syllabus) |
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Essential: Familiarity with applied statistics (up to and including OLS regression). Ideal: Familiarity with statistical methods for causal inference from observational data, in particular difference-in-difference, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity designs. |
