Article Summary Due in Part to a Lackluster Economy,Mexico Is Experiencing an Experiencing

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Article Summary
Due in part to a lackluster economy,Mexico is experiencing an exodus of some of its brightest and most educated citizens.More than 20 percent of Mexicans with bachelor's degrees are living in the United States,28 percent working on higher education degrees are doing so in the United States,and 27 percent of Mexicans with doctorates are working in the United States.The three main reasons given for this exodus are money,politics,and safety.Pay gaps are wide between university positions in the two countries,scholarship money is scarce in Mexico and is subject to political bureaucracy and nepotism,and a 2014 study from Mexico's National Autonomous University reported that 76 percent of high-skilled workers stated that violence was a reason for their departure from the country.
-Refer to the Article Summary.If,after the outflow of educated workers in Mexico,it now takes more capital per hour worked to get the same amount of GDP per hour worked,this indicates ________ the per-worker production function in Mexico.

• A)a movement up
• B)a movement down
• C)an upward shift of
• D)a downward shift of

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