IR 314 Quiz IV

Fill in the blanks:

According to Lee, migration is determined by the presence of attracting ... factors at destination, and repelling ... factors at origin.

• pull-push

• push-pull

• good-bad

• bad-good

Which one is least likely to be a push factor?

• demographic growth

• low living standards

• lack of economic opportunities

• political repression

• demand for labor

Which one is least likely to be a pull factor?

• availability of land

• low living standards

• good economic opportunities

• political freedoms

• demand for labor

True or False:

Economic theories of migration assume that geographic differences in the supply of and demand for labor are the main cause of international migration where these cause labor to move from low to high wage countries.

• True

• False

What are the main problems with neoclassical theories of migration? Check all that applies.

• If the assumptions of these theories were true, it would be expected that international migration of labor will stop as soon as markets in the home and destination countries reach certain equilibrium.

• These theories only take labor markets into consideration to explain international movement of people.

• If their assumptions were true, governments could manage migration only by controlling the demand and supply in their labor market.

Fill in the blank:

The ... theories of migration concentrate on the role of distance in explaining spatial movements.

• geographical

• economic

• sociological

• political

Which theory argues that besides global political and economic structure, ideological, historical, and cultural links between receiving and origin countries are also determinants of international migration?

• NELM

• Dual Labor Migration

• World Systems Theory

• Migration Hump

Which theory claims that the social context in which subsequent migration decisions are taken is changed with every migratory flow, thus making new movements more likely?

• Cumulative causation

• NELM

• Geographical theories

• Neoclassical

Which theory is a noteworthy example of the trend towards a multilevel and multidisciplinary approach, focusing on both macro- and micro-level factors, taking into consideration both individual- and household-level decision-making processes?

• migration systems theory

• NELM

• transnationalism

• cumulative causation

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