Economists Estimate That Decreasing Barriers to Migration by Just 5

question 34

Multiple Choice

Economists estimate that decreasing barriers to migration by just 5 percent will:

• A)decrease economic welfare of receiving countries by trillions of dollars.
• B)decrease economic welfare of the countries that would lose their citizens to richer countries by trillions of dollars.
• C)decrease economic welfare of receiving countries by more than 5 percent.
• D)increase economic welfare by more than lifting restrictions on capital mobility in their entirety.

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Definitions:

Emancipation Proclamation

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