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Between the 1970s and 1996, immigrants


A) were more likely to receive public assistance than people born in the United States.
B) were less likely to receive public assistance than people born in the United States.
C) were just as likely to receive public assistance as people born in the United States.
D) did not qualify for public assistance.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Voluntary migration of skilled craft workers from low-paying to high-paying nations is most likely to be opposed by


A) business groups in the high-paying nations.
B) craft workers who stay in the low-paying nations.
C) industrial unions in the high-paying nations.
D) craft unions in the high-paying nations.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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  In the accompanying graphs, the pre-migration labor force in country A is 100 and in country B it is 150. What part of domestic output in country B is the total wage bill before and after the immigration? A) $1,700M before and $2,250M after B) $2,250M before and $1,700M after C) $1,500M before and $2,250M after D) $1,700M before and $1,500M after In the accompanying graphs, the pre-migration labor force in country A is 100 and in country B it is 150. What part of domestic output in country B is the total wage bill before and after the immigration?


A) $1,700M before and $2,250M after
B) $2,250M before and $1,700M after
C) $1,500M before and $2,250M after
D) $1,700M before and $1,500M after

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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U.S. immigrants (legal and illegal combined)have lower prison rates than the native-born population.

A) True
B) False

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  Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws; (2) S<sub>d</sub> represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) Sₜ represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (S<sub>d</sub> plus illegal immigrants) ; and (4) unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the government.The equilibrium wage and level of employment are, respectively, A) $5.50 and 250,000. B) $5.50 and 350,000. C) $8.00 and 350,000. D) $5.50 and 450,000. Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws; (2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) Sₜ represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants) ; and (4) unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the government.The equilibrium wage and level of employment are, respectively,


A) $5.50 and 250,000.
B) $5.50 and 350,000.
C) $8.00 and 350,000.
D) $5.50 and 450,000.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Remittances and backflows of experienced workers


A) reduce the efficiency gains from migration.
B) reverse wage equalization that occurred with the original migration.
C) exacerbate the problem of "brain drain" from developing nations.
D) redistribute gains toward the original emigrant nation.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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  Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws; (2) S<sub>d</sub> represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) Sₜ represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (S<sub>d</sub> plus illegal immigrants) ; and (4) unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the government.How many domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers will be hired at equilibrium? A) 20,000 B) 50,000 C) 60,000 D) 70,000 Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws; (2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) Sₜ represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants) ; and (4) unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the government.How many domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers will be hired at equilibrium?


A) 20,000
B) 50,000
C) 60,000
D) 70,000

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Because there are costs to migration,


A) complete wage equalization is unlikely to occur, even if national governments impose no restrictions on migration.
B) migrants are more likely to move to countries far from their origin nation.
C) migrant and domestic-born workers are unlikely to be substitute resources.
D) wage equalization will only occur if migrant and domestic-born workers are complementary resources.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Younger workers are


A) much more likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have lower moving costs.
B) much less likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have more close friends at home.
C) much more likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have more human capital than older workers.
D) much less likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers do not have as much experience.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Efficiency gains from migration


A) will tend to be greater when workers migrate from nations with high unemployment to nations experiencing full employment.
B) imply that all workers, domestic and migrant, are financially better off as a result of migration.
C) will tend to be greater in countries experiencing "brain drain."
D) usually benefit one nation at the expense of another.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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"Backflows" are payments made by immigrants back to their home countries.

A) True
B) False

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The immigration systems of Australia and Canada


A) do not allow any family sponsorship.
B) are biased toward the highly educated.
C) are much more focused on skills-based immigration than the United States.
D) require that immigrants have a job lined up before their application is accepted.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The majority of international migrants move to


A) the U.S. and Canada.
B) Western Europe.
C) countries relatively close to their home countries.
D) Japan and Australia.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Between 2008 and 2017, legal immigration into the U.S. averaged about


A) 700,000 per year.
B) 1.1 million per year.
C) 1.5 million per year.
D) 2.5 million per year.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Illegal immigration has little effect on the average level of wages in the United States.

A) True
B) False

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According to estimates, what percentage of agricultural workers in the United States are illegal immigrants?


A) 14
B) 24
C) 26
D) 20

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Suppose that Gamma is an advanced industrial country and Omega is a developing nation. Omega will gain the most from having some of its people emigrate to Gamma if


A) Omega is currently experiencing full employment.
B) the most skilled workers emigrate.
C) Omega currently suffers from high unemployment and the unemployed emigrate.
D) the costs to emigrate to Gamma are high.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Scholarly estimates of the effects of immigration on the average American wage range from


A) −5 to −2 percent.
B) +2 to +3 percent.
C) −5 to +3 percent.
D) −3 to +2 percent.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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  In the accompanying graphs, the pre-migration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it is 0u. What result would indicate that worldwide output is increased as a result of migration? A) Area aced> area qsut. B) Wage rates have increased in both countries. C) Domestic output has increased in both countries. D) The share of domestic output paid as business income increases in both countries. In the accompanying graphs, the pre-migration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it is 0u. What result would indicate that worldwide output is increased as a result of migration?


A) Area aced> area qsut.
B) Wage rates have increased in both countries.
C) Domestic output has increased in both countries.
D) The share of domestic output paid as business income increases in both countries.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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The situation where movers are less capable and less motivated than similarly educated people who don't migrate is called


A) backflow.
B) brain drain.
C) reverse migration.
D) negative self-selection.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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