If Unskilled Domestic Labor and Unskilled Immigrant Labor Are Substitutes

question 19

Multiple Choice

If unskilled domestic labor and unskilled immigrant labor are substitutes in the production process, then a more open immigration policy will likely result in all but which of the following?

• A) The total market supply of unskilled labor shifts out.
• B) The market-clearing wage for unskilled labor decreases.
• C) Total employment of unskilled labor increases.
• D) The wage received by unskilled native workers decreases.
• E) The demand curve for unskilled labor shifts up (out).

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