Question 1

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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A)   1.3 percent.
B)   4.7 percent.
C)   13 percent.
D)   16 percent.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Compensating wage differentials:

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

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Most remittances flow toward:

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

Question 5

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

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A)   12.
B)   19.
C)   25.
D)   50.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Illegal immigration tends to:

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

Question 7

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

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A)   one-tenth
B)   one-fifth
C)   one-third
D)   one-halfE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

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

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A)   12.
B)   19.
C)   25.
D)   50.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

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

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A)   1;4
B)   1;3
C)   1;2
D)   2;5E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

"Remittances" occur when:

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

Question 11

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

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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.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

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 13

Efficiency gains from migration:

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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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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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.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

A person will be more likely to migrate the:

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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.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Exam 24: Immigration

"Remittances" occur when:

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

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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.

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Efficiency gains from migration:

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

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

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

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Illegal immigration tends to:

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

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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?

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A person will be more likely to migrate the:

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

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Which of the following cases best illustrates economic immigration?

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

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

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Most remittances flow toward:

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

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Compensating wage differentials:

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

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