LABOR ECONOMICS
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Chapter 8, Problem 11P
(a)
To determine
Determine how skill selection changes on average as the distance between the source country and the destination country increases.
(b)
To determine
Determine whether skill selection is a monotonic function of the distance between countries.
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Economic and social policies that affect rural and urban ________ will directly or indirectly influence the migration process.
(a)
Real incomes.
(b)
Population growth.
(c)
Health care.
(d)
Congestion.
As a result of preferences given to skilled workers by many countries, source countries are most likely to
implement their own immigration quota system.
encounter shortages of talented professionals.
try to attract skilled professionals from other countries.
prohibit emigration and foreign travel among their citizens.
initiate worker training programs.
Below is a labor market model for immigration from Mexico(figure on right) to the US
(figure on left). Initial supply curves are given by Suso for the US and Smo for Mexico.
Supply curves after migration are given by Sus1 and Mus1 respectively.
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