Exam 10: Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover

Suppose you have data for two groups of immigrants that are alike in age and educational status but who differ in that one group voluntarily immigrated (refer to them as economic immigrants)while individuals in the other group are political refugees that fled their home country and are unable to return.Draw a graph that plots earnings on the vertical axis against years in country on the horizontal axis for each group.(Note that your graph will be like an age/earnings profile graph except that time in country rather than worker age (which is controlled for here)is on the horizontal axis.)Explain why the profiles look as you have drawn them.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was

Suppose that an influx of relatively unskilled immigrant labor occurs.What is the effect of the influx of immigrant labor on the labor market for more skilled native workers?

"Quit rates tend to increase with firm size." True,false,or uncertain? Explain your reasoning.

The overall wage ratio of newly arrived male immigrants to native-born men fell substantially from 1960 to 1980.This is probably because

Quit rates rise as

Overall,the gains due to illegal immigration most likely exceed the losses imposed by illegal immigration.Explain why.

Which of the following would cause quit rates to decline?

City X has a large fraction of illegal immigrants; its native high school dropouts earn $17 an hour.City Y has a small fraction of illegal immigrants; its native high school dropouts earn $18 an hour.This suggests that illegal immigrants have a small effect on drop-out wages.Which of the following,if true and present,would suggest the true negative effect of illegal immigrants on dropout wages is much larger?

The human capital theory of migration compares the costs of a move to

Studies using local labor markets as units of observation estimate that the effects of immigration on native-born wages and employment are ________.This could be because ________.

An increase in the number of immigrants causes

One immigrant to country X increases his wage from $13,000 (in their home country)to $15,000.There are no costs to moving.A native worker was earning $15,000.However,the immigrant replaces him and the native instead lives and works at home,which he values at $15,000.Which of the following statements is true?

When compared to the earnings of political migrants,the earnings of economic migrants

Suppose women have higher quit rates than men.Which of the following (if true)would NOT explain why? (Note: in fact,after controlling for the relevant factors,women's quit rate is the same as men.)

When Jeremy looks at the monetary costs and benefits of moving,he found that he would be on net $50,000 better off by moving.He decides to stay where he is and not move.Which of the following could explain this behavior?

If skilled and unskilled labor are gross complements,then an increase in immigration and a corresponding decrease in wages paid to unskilled laborers will cause

Other factors held constant,middle aged workers (ages 35-44)are more likely to migrate than workers in other age categories.True,false,or uncertain? Explain the basis of your choice.

How does illegal immigration to the United States occur? What are the dimensions of the illegal immigrant population in the United States?

The deportation of illegal aliens may create jobs on a one-to-one basis for native workers if