Migration and unemployment

What does AB represent?

• Voluntary unemployment of native workers

• Involuntary unemployment of native workers

• Employment of native workers

• Involuntary unemployment of immigrants

Suppose immigrants are able and willing to perform the same jobs as native workers but a wage below the union-set wage w. How is this immigration graphically represented?

• Shift in demand curve (D) to the right

• Shift in the demand curve (D) to the left

• Shift in the individual supply curve (S_ind) to the right

• Shift in the collective supply curve (S_coll) to the right

What does AC represent?

• Involuntary unemployment of native workers

• Involuntary unemployment of immigrants

• Employment of native workers

• Employment of immigrants

Where is the new labor market equilibrium for native workers?

• A

• A'

• B'

• C

In this scenario, what is the (short-term) impact of immigration on native labor outcomes? (Pick two)

• An increase in wages

• A decrease in wages

• A rise in employment

• A fall in employment

What is total employment, counting both natives and immigrants?

In this scenario, how has immigration affected involuntary unemployment of native workers?

• Involuntary unemployment has increased

• Involuntary unemployment has decreased

• Involuntary unemployment has stayed the same

• Not enough information given to say

In this scenario, how has immigration affected voluntary employment of native workers?

• Voluntary unemployment has increased

• Voluntary unemployment has decreased

• Voluntary unemployment has stayed the same

• Not enough information given to say

Which of the following shows immigration increasing involuntary unemployment of native workers?

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Suppose immigrants participate in the labor market in exactly the same way as native workers. How could you graphically represent this scenario?

• Shift the labor demand curve to the right

• Shift the labor demand curve to the left

• Shift the labor supply curves to the right

• Shift the labor supply curves to the left