Describe the number of legal and unauthorized immigrants that have entered the United States annually since the year 2000. What has been the effect of this immigration on population and labor force growth in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
Between 2000 and 2011, about 1 million legal immigrants entered the United States each year and another 250,000 immigrants were unauthorized. About a third of the recent U.S. population growth and one-half of the U.S. labor force growth comes from immigration.
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A) regressive B) progressive C) proportional D) value-added
The unreported or illegal production of goods and services in the economy that is not counted in GDP is termed:
a. money laundering. b. the underground economy. c. disposable personal income. d. indirect national income. e. unreported capital consumption.
When a park is funded by visitors but not by taxpayers in general,
a. there will be too few parks because most people will not pay to use a park. b. visitors will be better served because poor service would lead to reductions in revenues. c. park budgets will decline. d. park quality will decline.
Which of the following events could decrease the demand for labor?
a. An increase in the number of migrant workers b. An increase in the marginal productivity of workers c. A decrease in demand for the final product produced by labor d. A decrease in the supply of labor