Exam 25: Immigration

A) lower costs of products and thus lower prices for consumers.
B) higher demand for social services.
C) reduced average wage rates for workers in some sectors.
D) positive effects on national defense.

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A) about 10 percent
B) about 33 percent
C) about 25 percent
D) about 50 percent

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A) family-sponsored immigrants.
B) refugees.
C) employment-based preferences.
D) diversity immigrants.

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A) higher the unemployment rate in the destination nation.
B) greater the degree of substitutability between immigrant and domestic-born workers.
C) greater the degree of complementarity between immigrant and domestic-born workers.
D) lower the rate at which immigrants can be absorbed.

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A) allows 65,000 high-skilled workers in specialty occupations to enter and work in the United States for six years.
B) raised U.S.annual immigration quotas from 500,000 to 700,000.
C) established a lottery for the admission of diversity immigrants into the United States.
D) provided amnesty to over one million illegal immigrants in 1989-1991, allowing them to become legal citizens of the United States.

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A) 990,550
B) 854,200
C) 720,160
D) 1,152,000

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A) greater than $509,000.
B) less than $300,000.
C) less than $91,000.
D) less than $291,000.

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A) decrease a nation's total output and productive capacity.
B) make capital resources less scarce relative to labor.
C) decrease economic efficiency on a worldwide basis.
D) increase the wage bill in a nation experiencing immigration if the demand for labor is elastic.

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A) the migrant workers
B) the labor unions in the country of origin
C) the firms in the destination country
D) the labor unions in the destination country

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A) reduced average wage rate, increased domestic output, increased business income, and lower total wage income of native-born workers
B) reduced average wage rate, increased domestic output, increased business income, and greater total wage income of native-born workers
C) increased average wage rate, increased domestic output, increased business income, and greater total wage income of native-born workers
D) increased average wage rate, reduced domestic output, reduced business income, and lower total wage income of native-born workers

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A) increasing fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
B) implementing a new amnesty program for illegal immigrants.
C) shifting immigration quotas away from family ties toward education level and skills.
D) creating a guest-worker program with a tight cap.

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A) agricultural workers
B) construction workers
C) cleaning workers
D) food preparers

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

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