Exam 25: Immigration

What is the approach that the U.S. Census Bureau uses to estimate the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States? How many illegal immigrants were estimated to reside in the United States in 2015?

A recent estimate of the fiscal burden on state and local government for low-skilled immigrant households is nearly

In the accompanying graphs, the pre-migration labor force in country A is 100 and in country B it is 150. After immigration, domestic output in country A will

There was a big spike in legal immigration into the U.S. in 1989-1991, resulting from an amnesty program through which many formerly illegal immigrants became legal residents.

Which of the following is an explicit cost of migration?

Refer to the figure. A weaker economy, characterized by higher unemployment rates, will

The elimination of barriers to the international flow of labor tends to

Compensating wage differentials

Assumptions: (1)Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws; (2)S_d represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant)workers; (3)Sₜ represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (S_d 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?

Which of the following countries received the largest amount of emigrant remittances in 2017?

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that from 2000 to 2009, the net inflow of illegal immigrants was about

Refer to the figure. If more criminals are in the mix of potential immigrants, how will this affect the optimal quantity of immigrants?

Suppose that Rosa is considering migration to another country. To move, she will have to spend $2,000 on transportation and $5,000 in application and other processing fees. Rosa's stream of future earnings in her home country is $300,000. She expects to earn a stream of future earnings of $700,000 in another country. Based on this information, Rosa's implicit cost of migrating is

The estimated fiscal burden of illegal immigrant households in the United States is

According to U.S. Census Bureau data (2015), approximately how many illegal immigrants are estimated to be living continuously in the United States?

A person will be more likely to migrate the

What effects do immigrants have on tax revenues and government spending in the United States?

What is the current immigration system used by the United States? How does that differ from the system that Australia and Canada use?

Economic theory suggests that the optimal level of immigration in the United States