Question 1

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 2

Worker migration will cause wage rates to equalize across two countries if all of the following conditions are met except:

Accepted Answer

A)  migration is motivated strictly by wage differentials. 
B)  neither nation restricts or interferes with migration. 
C)  both countries use the same currency. 
D)  migration has no cost. 
A)  migration is motivated strictly by wage differentials. 
B)  neither nation restricts or interferes with migration. 
C)  both countries use the same currency. 
D)  migration has no cost.

Question 3

About ________ of recent annual labor force growth in the United States is the result of immigration.

Accepted Answer

A)  one-tenth 
B)  one-fifth 
C)  one-third 
D)  one-half 
A)  one-tenth 
B)  one-fifth 
C)  one-third 
D)  one-half

Question 4

(Consider This)Since 1990,U.S.immigrants have founded ____ of every _____ public companies financed by venture capital.

Accepted Answer

A)  1;4 
B)  1;3 
C)  1;2 
D)  2;5 
A)  1;4 
B)  1;3 
C)  1;2 
D)  2;5

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Economic models of illegal immigration suggest that domestic-born workers avoid certain types of work more because the inflow of immigrants has reduced wages,rather than because the work is unpleasant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following cases best illustrates economic immigration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sophia migrated to Germany to rejoin her family. 
B)  Julio migrated to Australia to take a job paying three times what he earned at home. 
C)  Nguyen migrated to the United States to escape religious persecution. 
D)  Vladimir migrated to Great Britain to avoid political imprisonment. 
A)  Sophia migrated to Germany to rejoin her family. 
B)  Julio migrated to Australia to take a job paying three times what he earned at home. 
C)  Nguyen migrated to the United States to escape religious persecution. 
D)  Vladimir migrated to Great Britain to avoid political imprisonment.

Question 8

"Remittances" occur when:

Accepted Answer

A)  two countries send immigrants to each other in approximately equal numbers. 
B)  physical capital flows into a country that has lost labor due to migration. 
C)  immigrants send financial payments back to family in their country of origin. 
D)  migrants return to their home country. 
A)  two countries send immigrants to each other in approximately equal numbers. 
B)  physical capital flows into a country that has lost labor due to migration. 
C)  immigrants send financial payments back to family in their country of origin. 
D)  migrants return to their home country.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  is zero. 
B)  occurs where the marginal benefit of the last immigrant equals or just exceeds the marginal cost of the last immigrant. 
C)  occurs where the marginal benefit of the last immigrant equals or just exceeds zero. 
D)  occurs at the level where the difference between the marginal benefit and marginal cost of the last immigrant is maximized. 
A)  is zero. 
B)  occurs where the marginal benefit of the last immigrant equals or just exceeds the marginal cost of the last immigrant. 
C)  occurs where the marginal benefit of the last immigrant equals or just exceeds zero. 
D)  occurs at the level where the difference between the marginal benefit and marginal cost of the last immigrant is maximized.

Question 10

Inflows of immigrant workers tend to reduce the wages of domestic-born workers.Under which of the following circumstances is this least likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  Migration between countries is unimpeded. 
B)  Immigrant workers make remittances to their home country. 
C)  Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are substitute resources. 
D)  Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are complementary resources. 
A)  Migration between countries is unimpeded. 
B)  Immigrant workers make remittances to their home country. 
C)  Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are substitute resources. 
D)  Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are complementary resources.

Question 11

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 12

In 2011,the greatest number of legal immigrants arriving in the United States came from:

Accepted Answer

A)  India and North Korea. 
B)  the Dominican Republic and Cuba. 
C)  China and Vietnam. 
D)  Mexico and China. 
A)  India and North Korea. 
B)  the Dominican Republic and Cuba. 
C)  China and Vietnam. 
D)  Mexico and China.

Question 13

Illegal immigration tends to:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase average wages and employment where illegal workers are complements to domestic-born workers. 
B)  increase average wages and employment where illegal workers are substitutes for domestic-born workers. 
C)  increase average wages and employment whether illegal workers are complements to or substitutes for domestic-born workers. 
D)  reduce average wages and employment whether illegal workers are complements to or substitutes for domestic-born workers. 
A)  increase average wages and employment where illegal workers are complements to domestic-born workers. 
B)  increase average wages and employment where illegal workers are substitutes for domestic-born workers. 
C)  increase average wages and employment whether illegal workers are complements to or substitutes for domestic-born workers. 
D)  reduce average wages and employment whether illegal workers are complements to or substitutes for domestic-born workers.

Question 14

Compensating wage differentials:

Accepted Answer

A)  refer to the wage premium given to domestic-born workers. 
B)  refer to the wage premium necessary to attract illegal immigrant workers. 
C)  discourage illegal immigrants from entering low-wage labor markets. 
D)  will attract U.S.workers to undesirable jobs if the differential over less unpleasant work is sufficiently high. 
A)  refer to the wage premium given to domestic-born workers. 
B)  refer to the wage premium necessary to attract illegal immigrant workers. 
C)  discourage illegal immigrants from entering low-wage labor markets. 
D)  will attract U.S.workers to undesirable jobs if the differential over less unpleasant work is sufficiently high.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  12. 
B)  19. 
C)  25. 
D)  50. 
A)  12. 
B)  19. 
C)  25. 
D)  50.

Question 16

Economic theory suggests that immigration should be allowed into a country until the marginal benefit of the last immigrant is zero.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  12. 
B)  19. 
C)  25. 
D)  50. 
A)  12. 
B)  19. 
C)  25. 
D)  50.

Question 18

Most remittances flow toward:

Accepted Answer

A)  European nations. 
B)  advanced industrial nations. 
C)  developing nations. 
D)  North America. 
A)  European nations. 
B)  advanced industrial nations. 
C)  developing nations. 
D)  North America.

Question 19

If the elasticity of demand for labor in the United States is unitary,immigration into the United States can be expected to:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase the average U.S.wage rate. 
B)  decrease the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive. 
C)  increase the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive. 
D)  leave the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive unchanged. 
A)  increase the average U.S.wage rate. 
B)  decrease the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive. 
C)  increase the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive. 
D)  leave the total amount of wage earnings that U.S.workers receive unchanged.

Question 20

According to the Office of Immigration Statistics,approximately what percentage of legal immigrants to the United States in 2011 were refugees?

Accepted Answer

A)  1.3 percent. 
B)  4.7 percent. 
C)  13 percent. 
D)  16 percent. 
A)  1.3 percent. 
B)  4.7 percent. 
C)  13 percent. 
D)  16 percent.

Exam 24: Immigration

Efficiency gains from migration:

Worker migration will cause wage rates to equalize across two countries if all of the following conditions are met except:

About ________ of recent annual labor force growth in the United States is the result of immigration.

(Consider This)Since 1990,U.S.immigrants have founded ____ of every _____ public companies financed by venture capital.

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

Economic models of illegal immigration suggest that domestic-born workers avoid certain types of work more because the inflow of immigrants has reduced wages,rather than because the work is unpleasant.

Which of the following cases best illustrates economic immigration?

"Remittances" occur when:

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

Inflows of immigrant workers tend to reduce the wages of domestic-born workers.Under which of the following circumstances is this least likely to occur?

A person will be more likely to migrate the:

In 2011,the greatest number of legal immigrants arriving in the United States came from:

Illegal immigration tends to:

Compensating wage differentials:

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

Economic theory suggests that immigration should be allowed into a country until the marginal benefit of the last immigrant is zero.

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

Most remittances flow toward:

If the elasticity of demand for labor in the United States is unitary,immigration into the United States can be expected to:

According to the Office of Immigration Statistics,approximately what percentage of legal immigrants to the United States in 2011 were refugees?

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