Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  $800 million per year. 
B)  $20 billion per year. 
C)  $50 billion per year. 
D)  $4.5 billion per year. 
A)  $800 million per year. 
B)  $20 billion per year. 
C)  $50 billion per year. 
D)  $4.5 billion per year.

Question 2

The majority of international migrants move to countries relatively close to their home countries because close proximity reduces the cost of the move relative to anticipated benefits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Immigrants made up approximately what percentage of the U.S. labor force in 2007?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent 
B)  25 percent 
C)  16 percent 
D)  33 percent 
A)  5 percent 
B)  25 percent 
C)  16 percent 
D)  33 percent

Question 4

The optimal level of immigration occurs where marginal benefit is at its greatest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Economists treat economic immigration as a human capital investment decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Economic analysis suggests that immigration can either benefit or harm a nation, depending on the number of immigrants, their education, skills, and work ethic, and the rate at which they are absorbed into the economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A person will be more likely to migrate the

Accepted Answer

A)  greater the distance they will have to travel from their country of origin. 
B)  greater the wages in their prospective new country relative to wages in their home country. 
C)  fewer the number of "beaten paths" that exist to their prospective new country. 
D)  greater the number of children they have. 
A)  greater the distance they will have to travel from their country of origin. 
B)  greater the wages in their prospective new country relative to wages in their home country. 
C)  fewer the number of "beaten paths" that exist to their prospective new country. 
D)  greater the number of children they have.

Question 8

Which of the following will most likely cause backflows?

Accepted Answer

A)  poor information that leads a migrant to overestimate the net benefits of migration 
B)  high moving costs 
C)  falling wages in a migrant's origin nation 
D)  high levels of skill transferability 
A)  poor information that leads a migrant to overestimate the net benefits of migration 
B)  high moving costs 
C)  falling wages in a migrant's origin nation 
D)  high levels of skill transferability

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the impact of immigration on complementary resources?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating a business-income effect that increases the demand for complementary resources. 
B)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating an output effect that decreases the demand for complementary resources. 
C)  The higher wage rate resulting from immigration increases production costs, creating an output effect that increases the demand for complementary resources. 
D)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating an output effect that increases the demand for complementary resources. 
A)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating a business-income effect that increases the demand for complementary resources. 
B)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating an output effect that decreases the demand for complementary resources. 
C)  The higher wage rate resulting from immigration increases production costs, creating an output effect that increases the demand for complementary resources. 
D)  The lower wage rate resulting from immigration reduces production costs, creating an output effect that increases the demand for complementary resources.

Question 10

Because the applications for "diversity immigration" into the U.S. far exceed the quota every year, the slots are filled through

Accepted Answer

A)  an annual lottery. 
B)  a first-come-first-served system. 
C)  a bidding system, allocation through prices. 
D)  political connections. 
A)  an annual lottery. 
B)  a first-come-first-served system. 
C)  a bidding system, allocation through prices. 
D)  political connections.

Question 11

Illegal immigrants overall contribute more in taxes than they receive in services from state and local governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The major reasons why people immigrate into the U.S. include the following, except

Accepted Answer

A)  taking advantage of superior economic opportunities. 
B)  escaping religious or political oppression in their home countries. 
C)  reuniting with family members who are already U.S. immigrants. 
D)  being kicked out of their home countries. 
A)  taking advantage of superior economic opportunities. 
B)  escaping religious or political oppression in their home countries. 
C)  reuniting with family members who are already U.S. immigrants. 
D)  being kicked out of their home countries.

Question 13

Illegal immigrants make up about what percentage of all agricultural workers in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 percent 
B)  5 percent 
C)  40 percent 
D)  25 percent 
A)  10 percent 
B)  5 percent 
C)  40 percent 
D)  25 percent

Question 14

Between the 1970s and 1998, immigrants

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 15

From a strictly economic perspective, immigration should be

Accepted Answer

A)  expanded until its marginal benefits equal its marginal costs. 
B)  expanded until its total benefits equal its total costs. 
C)  expanded as long as its marginal costs exceed its marginal costs. 
D)  reduced if its marginal benefits exceed its marginal costs. 
A)  expanded until its marginal benefits equal its marginal costs. 
B)  expanded until its total benefits equal its total costs. 
C)  expanded as long as its marginal costs exceed its marginal costs. 
D)  reduced if its marginal benefits exceed its marginal costs.

Question 16

Recent proposals for immigration reform that have drawn intense political fire include the following, except

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. 
B)  implementing a new amnesty program for illegal immigrants. 
C)  shifting immigration quotas away from family ties toward education level and skills. 
D)  creating a guest-worker program with a tight cap. 
A)  increasing fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. 
B)  implementing a new amnesty program for illegal immigrants. 
C)  shifting immigration quotas away from family ties toward education level and skills. 
D)  creating a guest-worker program with a tight cap.

Question 17

When an immigrant sends a remittance from his host country to his family in his home country, the benefits of immigration to the

Accepted Answer

A)  home and host country are increased. 
B)  home and host country are decreased. 
C)  host country are increased, but decreased to the home country. 
D)  host country are decreased, but increased to the home country. 
A)  home and host country are increased. 
B)  home and host country are decreased. 
C)  host country are increased, but decreased to the home country. 
D)  host country are decreased, but increased to the home country.

Question 18

In 2013, China overtook Mexico to become the number one country of origin of U.S. legal immigrants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Efficiency gains from migration

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 20

"Beaten paths" in the context of labor migration are

Accepted Answer

A)  routes taken previously by family, relatives, and friends. 
B)  routes that have been overused by previous immigrants. 
C)  routes that are no longer followed by immigrants. 
D)  typical methods used to increase human capital. 
A)  routes taken previously by family, relatives, and friends. 
B)  routes that have been overused by previous immigrants. 
C)  routes that are no longer followed by immigrants. 
D)  typical methods used to increase human capital.

Exam 25: Immigration

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

The majority of international migrants move to countries relatively close to their home countries because close proximity reduces the cost of the move relative to anticipated benefits.

Immigrants made up approximately what percentage of the U.S. labor force in 2007?

The optimal level of immigration occurs where marginal benefit is at its greatest.

Economists treat economic immigration as a human capital investment decision.

Economic analysis suggests that immigration can either benefit or harm a nation, depending on the number of immigrants, their education, skills, and work ethic, and the rate at which they are absorbed into the economy.

A person will be more likely to migrate the

Which of the following will most likely cause backflows?

Which of the following best describes the impact of immigration on complementary resources?

Because the applications for "diversity immigration" into the U.S. far exceed the quota every year, the slots are filled through

Illegal immigrants overall contribute more in taxes than they receive in services from state and local governments.

The major reasons why people immigrate into the U.S. include the following, except

Illegal immigrants make up about what percentage of all agricultural workers in the U.S.?

Between the 1970s and 1998, immigrants

From a strictly economic perspective, immigration should be

Recent proposals for immigration reform that have drawn intense political fire include the following, except

When an immigrant sends a remittance from his host country to his family in his home country, the benefits of immigration to the

In 2013, China overtook Mexico to become the number one country of origin of U.S. legal immigrants.

Efficiency gains from migration

"Beaten paths" in the context of labor migration are

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