Other things equal, the voluntary relocation of employable migrants from low-paying nations to high-paying nations will:

A. increase business or capitalist incomes in the low-paying nations.
B. reduce real output in the world.
C. increase business or capitalist incomes in the high-paying nations.
D. reduce wage rates in the low-paying nations.


Answer: C

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