In the short run, which of the following will reduce the gains from labor migration to the recipient nation?
a. Workers remit less than the value of their marginal products.
b. Migrant workers have a declining marginal product so that the equilibrium wage is lower than MPs of earlier immigrants.
c. Immigrants are low cost in terms of adjustment costs such as crime prevention, language assimilation, and few children enrolled in school.
d. Workers remit more than the value of their marginal products.
Ans: d. Workers remit more than the value of their marginal products.
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