Which of the following statements about self-selection and immigration flows into the United States is false?
A. Negative selection occurs when the United States offers a greater return to skill at high skill levels than the source country.
B. Positive selection results in highly skilled workers coming to the United States.
C. Negative selection results in low-skilled workers coming to the United States.
D. High-skilled workers in foreign countries will not always choose to migrate to the United States.
E. If the flow of immigrants is currently positively selected, increasing the costs to immigration will likely make the future flow of immigrants even more positively selected.
Answer: A
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