Suppose the age-wage profile of immigrants has been increasing over time. That is, the age-wage profile of immigrants in the 1990s is higher than the age-wage profile of immigrants in the 1980s, which is in turn higher than the wage-age profile of immigrants in the 1970s. In this case, if one uses cohort analysis to estimate the age-wage profile of immigrants, which of the following is possible to find?
A. a negatively skewed wage distribution
B. negatively selected immigration
C. a negative return to moving costs
D. a positively skewed wage distribution
E. a horizontal age-wage profile
Answer: E
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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