QUESTION 1 Foreign-born residents of the US make up about what percentage of the

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QUESTION 1

Foreign-born residents of the US make up about what percentage of the US population? Choose the number closest to the actual percentage.

fifteen percent of the US population.

five percent of the US population.

twenty-five percent of the US population.

fifty percent of the US population.

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QUESTION 2

Remittances are

funds that migrants send back home to their families.

gifts that migrants remit to the people who transported them.

payments made to migrants on behalf of the government.

migrants who have to be returned home.

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QUESTION 3

Relative to international trade and international capital flows, legal migration is

free and easy.

has been falling for decades.

is highly restricted.

mostly takes place in Mexico.

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QUESTION 4

How would immigration affect a country's PPF?

It would shift it inward uniformly for all industries, as the poor immigrants sapped resources.

It would shift it outward uniformly for all industries, because more people means more productive capacity.

It would shift it outward, but not uniformly. It would shift outward more for the labor-intensive industry.

It would cause a political backlash, leading to civil war and a contraction of the PPF.

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QUESTION 5

One of the reasons that immigration from Mexico to the US has slowed is that

the demand for labor in the US has declined dramatically.

youth population growth has slowed in Mexico.

there is no longer a vibrant Mexican migrant network in the US.

the US population has gotten younger, so that there is less demand for immigrant labor.

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QUESTION 6

The model of migration from Appleyard and Field (Figure 2) predicts that migration will occur ______________, and will cause _________________.

from high-wage countries to low-wage countries, equalization of wages and the marginal products of labor in both countries.

from high-wage countries to low-wage countries, divergence of wages and the marginal products of labor in both countries.

from low-wage countries to high-wage countries, divergence of wages and the marginal products of labor in both countries.

from low-wage countries to high-wage countries, equalization of wages and the marginal products of labor in both countries.

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QUESTION 7

The basic economic model of immigration predicts that the immigration of unskilled labor will ____________ the incomes of native-born high-skilled workers.

increase.

decrease.

not affect.

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QUESTION 8

Some studies of immigration have found little effect on the wages of native-born workers. Which of the following is a possible reason that we discussed in class?

immigrants constitute both an increase in the supply of and demand for labor, so the net effect on wages is tiny.

there is little substitutability or complementarity between immigrant and native-born workers.

the level of migration has been relatively gradual, and many other things have affected the labor market at the same time, so measurement of an effect is very difficult.

all of the above.

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QUESTION 9

The National Academy report on immigration found that ______________________. (Note: the National Academy Report is discussed in class, and in one of the Wall Street Journal articles you were asked to read for November 2.)

overall, the evidence suggests that immigration has been a positive for the economy.

overall, the evidence suggests that immigration has been a negative for the economy.

all the studies show that there have been massive effects on the wages of native-born workers with bachelor's degrees.

undocumented migration has been a huge boon for the economy.

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QUESTION 10

Which of the following factors influence the amount of migration between two countries?

relative wages in destination and origin countries.

the age structure of populations in the origin and destination countries.

prior migration between the two countries.

all of the above.

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fifteen percent of the US population.

five percent of the US population.

twenty-five percent of the US population.

fifty percent of the US population.

Explanation / Answer

1. The right answer is: fifteen percent of the population.

Explanation: In 2015, the number was U.S. had around 43.3 million foreign-born population, which was 13.5 percent of the total U.S. population of the country. Currently, the percentage is around 15%.

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