migration · cohort + async
Migration Flows and Local Labor Markets
Policy students and practitioners learn to separate stocks from flows, describe corridor patterns, and pair charts with honest uncertainty. We use Thailand-relevant examples without pretending to resolve identification in a week.
THB 15,400 · 6 weeks
Outcomes
- Write a two-paragraph migration summary with caveats
- Sketch a stock-flow diagram for a given region
- Compare two policy options using the cohort matrix
What is included
- Stock-flow accounting with simple diagrams
- Corridor narratives: when maps help and when they distract
- Sensitivity tables for population assumptions
- Policy brief template with limitation box
- Guest session on survey design trade-offs
- Reading list with regional labor economics papers
- Cohort forum moderated twice weekly
Lead contact
Nattaya Srisawat — Course coordinator bridging regional policy units and cohort logistics.
Questions
We teach intuition and transparency. Full causal designs are outside scope.
No bespoke data collection for government agencies.
English primary; Thai glossary links provided where helpful.
Participant notes
“The limitation box on the migration brief saved us from overstating a single chart.”
“Corridor vs. stock-flow section finally aligned our team vocabulary. Peer feedback was fast.”
“Guest session on surveys was honest about nonresponse—refreshing.”