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Learning objectives:

Identify the economic costs and benefits associated with immigration, including the concept of marginal benefit and the role of remittances.
Understand the factors that influence an individual's decision to migrate, including explicit and implicit costs, and the impact on future earnings.
Grasp the demographic trends and statistics related to immigration, including the origins and characteristics of immigrants.
Explain how wage differences between nations drive the flow of immigration and affect the wages in both sending and receiving countries.

Definitions:

Risky Asset

An asset that carries a significant degree of risk of losing value, but also offers a potential for higher returns compared to safer investments.

Risk-Free Asset

An asset which is assumed to provide a guaranteed return with negligible risk of financial loss, often considered to be short-term government securities.

Capital Allocation Line

A graph that shows the risk-return trade-off of investable assets, indicating the most efficient portfolio possible given a certain level of risk.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation quantifies the variation or spread of a set of numbers from its mean, highlighting the volatility or risk associated with a financial instrument or investment.

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