Curriculum Migration and the Economy
Migration and the Economy
Why people move within and between countries, and what migration means for workers, families, businesses, and public budgets - explained with balance and evidence.
- Why People Migrate: Push and Pull Factors How economists explain the decision to move, using push factors, pull factors, and the real costs that stand in between. 📄 Read-aloud
- Internal Migration: Moving from Village to City Why most of the world's migrants never cross a border, and how moving from farms to cities has driven economic growth. 📄 Read-aloud
- Does Immigration Lower Wages? What economic theory and research say about how immigration affects the pay of workers already living in a place. 📄 Read-aloud
- Brain Drain and Brain Gain Whether the emigration of skilled workers hurts the countries they leave, and why the answer is more complicated than it first appears. 📄 Read-aloud
- Diasporas: Networks That Span Countries How communities of emigrants and their descendants connect economies through trade, investment, and the flow of ideas. 📄 Read-aloud
- Sending Money Home: The Migrant's Side of Remittances What sending remittances actually involves for the migrant: the budgeting, the sacrifices, the fees, and the family expectations. 📄 Read-aloud
- How Skilled-Worker Visa Systems Work The main ways countries choose skilled immigrants, from points systems to employer sponsorship, and the trade-offs of each. 📄 Read-aloud
- Refugees and the Economy How refugees differ from other migrants, the costs and contributions they bring to host economies, and why the right to work matters so much. 📄 Read-aloud
- Seasonal and Circular Migration Why many migrants move back and forth rather than settling for good, and what this pattern means for workers, families, and economies. 📄 Read-aloud
- Migrants as Entrepreneurs Why migrants often start businesses at high rates, what kinds of firms they build, and the barriers they face along the way. 📄 Read-aloud
- Aging Populations and Labor Shortages How falling birth rates and longer lives are shrinking workforces in many countries, and what role migration can and cannot play. 📄 Read-aloud
- Integration and Credential Recognition Why skilled migrants often work below their qualifications, and how language, recognition of credentials, and time shape their economic integration. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Fiscal Effects of Immigration How economists measure whether immigrants pay more in taxes than they receive in public services, and why the answer depends so much on assumptions. 📄 Read-aloud
- Student Migration Why millions of students study abroad, the economics for students and host countries, and India's role as a leading source of international students. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Irregular Migration Why people migrate without legal authorisation, the economic risks they face, and what research says about policies to manage irregular migration. 📄 Read-aloud
- Return Migration Why many migrants eventually return home, how they bring back savings, skills and ideas, and how home countries can benefit. 📄 Read-aloud
- Care Workers and Global Care Chains How women migrate from poorer countries to care for children, the elderly and the sick in richer ones, and the economic and social effects on both ends. 📄 Read-aloud
- The H-1B Visa and Its Economics How the U.S. H-1B visa brings skilled workers, especially from India, why it is controversial, and what the 2025 fee on new petitions changed. 📄 Read-aloud