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What is the characteristic of return migrants with respect to earnings in the US?
What is the characteristic of return migrants with respect to earnings in the US?
What is a characteristic of contemporary immigrants in the US compared to those in the 1880s?
What is a characteristic of contemporary immigrants in the US compared to those in the 1880s?
What would happen to the number of migrants if the returns to skill in the destination country decrease in the Roy/Borjas model?
What would happen to the number of migrants if the returns to skill in the destination country decrease in the Roy/Borjas model?
What would happen to the average education level of immigrants if they were initially negatively selected and the returns to skill in the destination country decrease in the Roy/Borjas model?
What would happen to the average education level of immigrants if they were initially negatively selected and the returns to skill in the destination country decrease in the Roy/Borjas model?
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Which of the following countries has lower returns to education compared to the US?
Which of the following countries has lower returns to education compared to the US?
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What can be inferred about the demographic trends of contemporary immigrants in the US compared to those in the 1880s?
What can be inferred about the demographic trends of contemporary immigrants in the US compared to those in the 1880s?
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What is a possible scenario that can occur when there is a decline in the number of immigrants, but no change in their average education level?
What is a possible scenario that can occur when there is a decline in the number of immigrants, but no change in their average education level?
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What is the characteristic of the educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in the US?
What is the characteristic of the educational attainment of second-generation immigrants in the US?
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What is true about immigrant labor market assimilation in the US over the last decades?
What is true about immigrant labor market assimilation in the US over the last decades?
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What is the result when there is a decrease in the number of immigrants and they become on average less educated?
What is the result when there is a decrease in the number of immigrants and they become on average less educated?
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What is the relationship between the number of immigrants and their average education level?
What is the relationship between the number of immigrants and their average education level?
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What would occur if returns migrants from 1990 to 2000 were positively selected and measuring the progress of immigrants over time using data just from the 2000 census?
What would occur if returns migrants from 1990 to 2000 were positively selected and measuring the progress of immigrants over time using data just from the 2000 census?
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What would occur if immigrants who do worse in the labor market have higher mortality rates than immigrants who do better, and data is collected following an immigrant arrival cohort?
What would occur if immigrants who do worse in the labor market have higher mortality rates than immigrants who do better, and data is collected following an immigrant arrival cohort?
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According to the Borjas model of immigrant selection, what would occur if migrants are initially positively selected from the origin country and there is a decrease in the returns to skill in the origin country?
According to the Borjas model of immigrant selection, what would occur if migrants are initially positively selected from the origin country and there is a decrease in the returns to skill in the origin country?
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What would be the result of using data from a single census year to measure the progress of immigrants over time, if returns migrants from 1990 to 2000 were positively selected?
What would be the result of using data from a single census year to measure the progress of immigrants over time, if returns migrants from 1990 to 2000 were positively selected?
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What would be the impact of higher mortality rates among immigrants who do worse in the labor market on the measured progress of immigrants over time?
What would be the impact of higher mortality rates among immigrants who do worse in the labor market on the measured progress of immigrants over time?
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According to the Borjas model of immigrant selection, what would be the result of an increase in the returns to skill in the origin country, assuming migrants are initially positively selected from the origin country?
According to the Borjas model of immigrant selection, what would be the result of an increase in the returns to skill in the origin country, assuming migrants are initially positively selected from the origin country?
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