Questions:
1. From the 1970s to 1998, immigrants' use of the U.S. welfare system was greater proportionately than the use by natives. This occurred primarily because:
A. the mix of immigrants shifted from relatively skilled to relatively unskilled workers.
B. funding for the U.S. welfare system increased dramatically.
C. changes in U.S. welfare law expanded the availability of welfare to immigrants. D. immigration from non-English speaking countries increased significantly.
1. Effectively removing all illegal immigrants from U.S. labor markets would:
A. reduce wages in the United States.
B. increase employment of domestic-born workers, but by a lesser amount than the number of jobs lost by illegal workers.
C. increase employment of domestic-born workers at a rate of one-for-one with the jobs lost by illegal workers. D. increase employment of domestic-born workers by an amount higher than that lost by illegal workers.
2. What is the net effect of illegal immigration on total employment in the United States?
A. The net effect is zero, as illegal immigrant workers displace domestic-born workers on a one-for-one basis. B. Total employment increases, but with some substitution of illegal immigrants for domestic-born workers. C. Total employment decreases.
D. Total employment increases, with no displacement of or substitution for domestic-born workers.
4. Illegal immigration positively contributes to the U.S. standard of living by reducing: A. the fiscal burdens of state and local governments.
B. the average wages of domestic-born workers.
C. crime rates.
D. prices of goods and services produced with illegal immigrant labor.
5. Discrimination that results in the payment of a lower wage to a woman relative to an equally productive man on the same job is called: A) wage discrimination
B) human-capital discrimination C) reverse discrimination
D) occupational discrimination
6. International trade allows countries to
A) produce and consume on their PPFs. C) produce beyond their PPFs.
B) consume beyond their PPFs. D) produce and consume beyond their PPFs.
1. Consider the currency market for British pounds and U.S. dollars. An increase in the demand for British pounds results in:
A. An appreciation of the pound and a depreciation of the dollar B. A depreciation of the pound and a depreciation of the dollar C. An appreciation of the pound and an appreciation of the dollar D. A depreciation of the pound and an appreciation of the dollar