978-1259723223 Test Bank TBChap025 Part 4

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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-01 Describe the extent of legal and illegal immigration into the
United States.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
Number of Immigrants
121.
Legal immigration into the U.S. can be done through the following ways, except
122.
There was a spike in U.S. legal immigration from 1989 to 1991 due to
123.
In 2013, which of the following countries contributed the largest number of legal
immigrants into the U.S.?
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B.
India
C.
Philippines
D.
Dominican Republic
124.
Among those who became permanent legal residents of the U.S. in 2013, about how many
were family sponsored?
125.
Of all of the people who became permanent legal residents of the U.S. in 2013, about
how many were sponsored by employers?
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Test Bank: II
Topic:
Number of Immigrants
126.
What is the quota for "diversity immigrants" into the U.S.?
127.
Because the applications for "diversity immigration" into the U.S. far exceed the quota
every year, the slots are filled through
128.
U.S. immigration law is heavily weighted toward
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Acc essib i l i t y :
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-01 Describe the extent of legal and illegal immigration into the
United States.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
Number of Immigrants
129.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the number of illegal immigrants by subtracting the
130.
The two leading countries of origin of U.S. legal immigrants in 2013 were Mexico and
131.
Immigration accounts for about what percentage of annual population growth in the
United States in recent years?
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132.
Immigration accounts for about what percentage of the annual growth in the U.S. labor
force in recent years?
133.
From 2000 to 2009, the net annual inflow of illegal immigrants has averaged about
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United States.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
Number of Immigrants
134.
In 2014, as many as million illegal immigrants were residing continuously in the U.S.
135.
Illegal immigrants from Mexico who work continuously in the U.S. do not have which of
the following characteristics?
136.
The major reasons why people immigrate into the U.S. include the following, except
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AACSB: Knowledge Application
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-02 Discuss why economists view economic immigration as a
personal human capital investment.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
The Decision to Migrate
137.
The largest category of legal immigrants into the U.S. in 2013 was
138.
Human capital refers to the
139.
Other things equal,
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greater wage opportunities.
B.
workers with lower levels of human capital will tend to migrate to countries providing
greater wage opportunities.
C.
smaller wage differences between countries will tend to increase the flow of immigration
between countries.
D.
workers with higher levels of human capital will migrate to higher-wage countries
regardless of the distance between countries.
140.
Immigrants made up approximately what percentage of the U.S. labor force in 2007?
141.
Which of the following "magnet countries" has the largest share of immigrants as a
percentage of its labor force?
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Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-02 Discuss why economists view economic immigration as a
personal human capital investment.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
The Decision to Migrate
142.
Which of the following is an implicit cost of migration?
143.
Which of the following is an explicit cost of migration?
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D. Implicit costs of migrating are not affected by distance.
145.
Suppose that Rosa is considering migration to another country. To move, she will have to
spend $5,000 on transportation and $4,000 in application and other processing fees. Rosa's
stream of future earnings in her home country is $500,000. She expects to earn a stream of
future earnings of $800,000 in another country. Based on this information, Rosa's implicit
cost of migrating is
146.
Suppose that Rosa is considering migration to another country. To move, she will have to
spend $5,000 on transportation and $4,000 in application and other processing fees. Rosa's
stream of future earnings in her home country is $500,000. She expects to earn a stream of
future earnings of $800,000 in another country. Based on this information, Rosa's explicit
cost of migrating is
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-02 Discuss why economists view economic immigration as a
personal human capital investment.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
The Decision to Migrate
147.
Suppose that Rosa is considering migration to another country. To move, she will have to
spend $5,000 on transportation and $4,000 in application and other processing fees. Rosa's
stream of future earnings in her home country is $500,000. She expects to earn a stream of
future earnings of $800,000 in another country. Based on this information, Rosa will decide
to migrate as long as the implicit costs of leaving her friends and family and adjusting to a new
culture are
148.
"Beaten paths" in the context of labor migration are
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Younger workers are
150.
Older workers are
151.
The majority of international migrants move to
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C. countries relatively close to their home countries.
D. Japan and Australia.
152.
With labor migration, the country of origin experiences
153.
With labor migration, the destination country experiences
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With labor migration, the amount of change in the destination country's wage rates
depends on the
155.
Who tends to be very much against labor migration?
156.
Who tends to lose from labor migration?
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Learning Objective: 25-03 Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource
allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
157.
In the destination country, who tends to lose from labor immigration?
158.
Immigrants or their children have founded what portion of the Fortune 500 list of the
largest U.S. companies in 2010?
159.
Famous American companies founded by immigrants or their children include the
following, except
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D. General Electric.
160.
In the accompanying graphs, the premigration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it
is 0u. The migration of labor from low-income country B to high-income country A
will
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In the accompanying graphs, the premigration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it
is 0u. The migration of labor from low-income country B to high-income country A
will
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162.
In the accompanying graphs, the premigration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it
is 0u. Domestic output in country A will, after the immigration,
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In the accompanying graphs, the premigration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it
is 0u. Domestic output in country B will, after the emigration of labor,
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In the accompanying graphs, the premigration labor force in country A is 0d and in country B it
is 0u. What part of domestic output in country A is the total wage bill, or total wage
income,
before and after the immigration?

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