A) reduce the efficiency gains from migration.
B) reverse wage equalization that occurred with the original migration.
C) exacerbate the problem of "brain drain" from developing nations.
D) redistribute gains toward the original emigrant nation.
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A) $1,700M before and $2,250M after
B) $2,250M before and $1,700M after
C) $1,500M before and $2,250M after
D) $1,700M before and $1,500M after
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A) −5 to −2 percent.
B) +2 to +3 percent.
C) −5 to +3 percent.
D) −3 to +2 percent.
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A) 14
B) 24
C) 26
D) 20
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A) complete wage equalization is unlikely to occur, even if national governments impose no restrictions on migration.
B) migrants are more likely to move to countries far from their origin nation.
C) migrant and domestic-born workers are unlikely to be substitute resources.
D) wage equalization will only occur if migrant and domestic-born workers are complementary resources.
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A) 20,000
B) 50,000
C) 60,000
D) 70,000
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A) backflow.
B) brain drain.
C) reverse migration.
D) negative self-selection.
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A) Area aced> area qsut.
B) Wage rates have increased in both countries.
C) Domestic output has increased in both countries.
D) The share of domestic output paid as business income increases in both countries.
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A) much more likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have lower moving costs.
B) much less likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have more close friends at home.
C) much more likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers have more human capital than older workers.
D) much less likely to migrate than older workers because younger workers do not have as much experience.
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A) business groups in the high-paying nations.
B) craft workers who stay in the low-paying nations.
C) industrial unions in the high-paying nations.
D) craft unions in the high-paying nations.
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A) Omega is currently experiencing full employment.
B) the most skilled workers emigrate.
C) Omega currently suffers from high unemployment and the unemployed emigrate.
D) the costs to emigrate to Gamma are high.
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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.
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A) $5.50 and 250,000.
B) $5.50 and 350,000.
C) $8.00 and 350,000.
D) $5.50 and 450,000.
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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.
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A) the U.S. and Canada.
B) Western Europe.
C) countries relatively close to their home countries.
D) Japan and Australia.
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A) 700,000 per year.
B) 1.1 million per year.
C) 1.5 million per year.
D) 2.5 million per year.
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A) do not allow any family sponsorship.
B) are biased toward the highly educated.
C) are much more focused on skills-based immigration than the United States.
D) require that immigrants have a job lined up before their application is accepted.
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