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Saturday, 01 November 2008 - Sunday, 30 November 2008

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Monday 10 November 2008 Organiser Location
The global welfare economics of immigration

We calculate the optimal levels of immigration, from the viewpoint of an observer who maximizes global welfare, according to an egalitarian and a utilitarian social welfare function. We compare these levels to the open-borders-equilibrium level.

HDRO HDRO Conference Room
Wednesday 12 November 2008 Organiser Location
Migration data: Strengths and Challenges

The presentation will focus on different data sources which are available for migration research from an international perspective and review the possibilities and pitfalls for each of them.

HDRO HDRO Conference Room
Monday 17 November 2008 Organiser Location
7th Global Conference on Human Development

The Institute of Cultural Affairs International, with support from UNDP Poverty Practice, CIVICUS and the Global Compact, will host the 7th quadrennial Global Conference on Human Development. The preliminary lens for the 7th Global Conference is a set of 10 major human development challenges, which serve as starting-points for preparatory conversations.

Institute of Cultural Affairs International Takayama, Japan
Tuesday 18 November 2008 Organiser Location
Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective

The presentation will examine some of the difficulties of theory formation in international migration studies, and will suggest a way forward. The starting point is an examination of the dominant perception of ‘migration as a problem’.

HDRO Norway Conference Room, FF Building 10th Floor
Wednesday 19 November 2008 Organiser Location
Moving Stories: Transnational Family Separations & Reunifications

In the process of migration, families undergo profound transformations that are often complicated by extended periods of separations between family nuclear and extended family members. Data is analysed from a study of 385 youth originating from China, Central America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico to the US.

HDRO Conference Room, FF Building 9th Floor
Friday 21 November 2008 Organiser Location
International evidence regarding the labour market impact of immigration

The increasing proportion of immigrants in the population of many countries has raised concerns about the ‘absorption capacity’ of the labour market, and fueled extensive empirical research in countries that attract migrants. Professor Poot will present conclusions from meta-analyses of the impact of immigration on wages and employment of native-born workers.

HDRO Conference room, FF Building 15th Floor
Monday 24 November 2008 Organiser Location
Migration, PRSPs, and Human Development

The presentation will go over PRSPs, migration and policies which may have an impact on migration. In particular, it will address what have been the key policies in developing countries in terms of emigration and immigration, and also internal migration.

HDRO Conference Room, DC-1 Building 24th Floor