Labor Economics EC460
Essay Assignment Fall 2016
Immigration in the United States
Due Nov. 15th at 2:00pm
What do you think is the best immigration policy for the United States? Justify your position
using both economic theory and empirical evidence. You can also use historical evidence or
philosophical/moral reasoning to bolster your argument, but its not necessary.
Your essay should also address who benefits most and least from your policy. What are the
weaknesses of the policy? And what could be done to limit those weaknesses?
I have placed a bunch of links that you can use as potential resources on Blackboard.
Essays should be submitted to the Turnitin assignment on Blackboard before the due date.
Essays should be formatted as follows:
? 12 pt font
? Double-spaced
? 1 margins
? References should follow a widely accepted standard. I recommend the APA style
o Tutorial: https://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
? Essays should be around 1,500 words long. Essays that are too short will be penalized
for not developing their positions fully, and essays that are too long will be penalized for
not being succinct enough.
Essays will be graded on the following criterion:
? Clarity of exposition
? Persuasiveness of argument
? Use of economic theory
? Use of empirical evidence
