220.
Refer to the graph of the market for low-skilled labor. Sd is the supply of domestic resident
workers, and St is the total supply of labor, including undocumented workers. Suppose the
government cuts off the flow of illegal immigrants to this market. By how much will the
employment of legal residents be increased?
221.
U.S. workers will be attracted to otherwise undesirable work as long as
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there are laws that restrict illegal immigrants from working in the U.S.
222.
Studies show that the largest negative impact of illegal immigrants is on
223.
A legitimate concern about illegal immigration is that it
224.
One generally recognized positive effect of illegal immigrants is
225.
The average fiscal burden on state and local government for each low-skilled immigrant
household may be as high as
226.
A recent estimate of the fiscal burden on state and local government for low-skilled
immigrant households is nearly
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Learning Objective: 25–04 Relate how illegal immigration affects employment and wages
in low-wage labor markets and impacts state and local budgets.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
The Illegal Immigration Debate
227.
From a strictly economic perspective, immigration should be
228.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
229.
Recent proposals for immigration reform that have drawn intense political fire include the
following, except
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Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25–05 Demonstrate how economics can inform current immigration
discussions and attempts to reform immigration laws.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
Optimal Immigration
True / False Questions
230.
All illegal immigrants enter the U.S. and arrive here illegally.
231.
Current U.S. immigration law is heavily weighted toward family reunification.
232.
There was a big spike in legal immigration into the U.S. in 1989–1991, resulting from an
amnesty program through which many formerly illegal immigrants became legal residents.
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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
233.
In 2013, refugees constituted a bigger portion of total legal immigration into the U.S. than
employment-based immigrants.
234.
In recent years, immigration has contributed an insignificant amount to U.S. population
growth.
235.
The main driver of economic immigration is the opportunity to improve earnings and
living standards.
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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
236.
The majority of international migrants move to countries relatively close to their home
countries because close proximity reduces the cost of the move relative to anticipated benefits.
237.
Other things equal, larger wage differences between nations tend to increase the flow of
immigration toward the country with higher wage opportunities.
238.
In 2013, China overtook Mexico to become the number one country of origin of U.S.
legal immigrants.
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personal human capital investment.
Test Bank: II
Topic:
The Decision to Migrate
239.
In 2007, immigrants made up a larger portion of the labor force in the U.S. than that in
Canada.
240.
The simple immigration model suggests that, for a high-wage country like the United
States, immigration tends to reduce domestic output as well as the total income of businesses.
241.
An increase in the mobility of labor across nations tends to decrease the world’s output of
goods and services.
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Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
242.
The simple immigration model suggests that labor migration raises the wage rate in the
country of origin while reducing the wage rate in the host country.
243.
Remittances by Mexican workers in the United States to their families in Mexico tend to
reduce the gains from immigration to the United States and increase it for Mexico.
244.
Many of the recent concerns about immigration in the U.S. have focused on green-card
holders.
245.
The arguments that illegal immigrants do not take away jobs from legal residents or that
illegal immigrants displace legal residents from jobs on a one–to–one basis are both false.
246.
At the heart of U.S. immigration laws are immigration quotas.
247.
Economic analysis suggests that immigration can either benefit or harm a nation,
depending on the number of immigrants, their education, skills, and work ethic, and the rate at
which
they are absorbed into the economy.