GEOG 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: George J. Borjas, Laissez-Faire, Remittance
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Always good to connect essay with course more generally: e. g migration patterns, ethics, theories. Each topic = too large for scope of brief essay: up to us to narrow it down, always best to explain what you are doing, set the context. Always best to advance an argumenttake a stand: but also good to demonstrate that you can see multiple perspectives, also to avoid extremism. Citation system: use any reputable system, be consistent. Source country: active policies, brain-draining, remittance payments. Migrant: migration policies, how much the migrant will incur costs and receive benefits, active policies, 500 hours of free language, taking english and french for free, passive policies, adjusting social rules of country for better opportunity structure. Who adjusts: settlement and reception policies, social exclusion policies: migrants as labour resource but not part of society(many countries, assimilation/republican policies(e. g france, israel, migrants make adjustments. Laissez faire policies (e. g usa: settlemnt support systems and multiculturalism(e. g canada, australia, sweden)
