What is one way that earlier immigrants ease the transition for those who follow them?
Explanation
Migration networks play a crucial role in international migration. By providing essential information and support, earlier immigrants lower the costs and risks for later migrants, which helps explain why immigrants often cluster in specific cities and neighborhoods.
Other questions
What is the primary motivation for most economic immigrants who move to another country?
According to the simple immigration model presented, what is the effect of unimpeded immigration from a low-wage country to a high-wage country on the business income in the high-wage country?
What phenomenon occurs when a country experiences an outflow of highly educated and skilled workers who have often received subsidized education at home?
What was the approximate net annual inflow of illegal immigrants into the United States in the several years leading up to 2007?
When economists view immigration as a personal investment decision, what is the primary condition under which a worker will choose to migrate?
What is the overall effect on world output when labor migrates from a low-wage country to a high-wage country, according to the simple economic model?
What percentage of legal permanent residents in the United States in 2007 were admitted under the family-sponsored category?
In the context of migration, what are remittances?
How does the temporary slowing of the flow of illegal agricultural workers after September 11, 2001, illustrate the relationship between immigrant labor and capital investment?
According to the analysis of illegal immigration in a low-wage labor market, what is the direct effect of illegal workers on the market wage and the employment of domestic workers?
Why do younger workers have a higher likelihood of migrating compared to older workers?
What is the estimated fiscal burden per year on state and local governments for each low-skilled immigrant household?
What is meant by the term 'backflows' in the context of immigration?
How much higher are the real wages earned by recent Mexican male migrants to the U.S. compared to similarly educated men in Mexico?
What was a key feature of the unsuccessful comprehensive immigration reform proposed in the U.S. in 2007?
The term 'skill transferability' in the context of immigration refers to which concept?
What is the economic argument against the idea that illegal workers only take jobs that legal residents will not perform?
Which factor is NOT listed as a reason why younger workers are more likely to migrate than older workers?
In the simple immigration model, what happens to the domestic output of the country from which labor emigrates?
What was the estimated total number of illegal immigrants residing continuously in the United States in 2007?
What is 'negative self-selection' in the context of immigration?
The World Bank estimated that what value of remittances flowed to Mexico in 2007, an amount equal to 3 percent of its GDP?
Why do some researchers argue that illegal immigration has very little effect on the average level of wages in the United States?
What is the economic effect of the large number of immigrants working in the U.S. home building industry?
From which country did the largest number of legal permanent immigrants originate in 2007?
What is the H1-B provision in U.S. immigration law?
According to the simple immigration model (Figure 22.3), what is the impact on the total wage income of native-born workers in the destination (high-wage) country?
What percentage of the 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. in 2007 were estimated to have originally come from Mexico?
In the context of the illegal immigration debate, what is the impact of a large flow of illegal workers on the prices of goods and services they help produce?
What is an explicit, out-of-pocket cost an illegal immigrant might face when migrating?
Scholarly estimates on the overall effect of immigration on the average American wage range from what values?
What is the primary reason that migration costs might prevent the wage rates between two countries from fully equalizing?
Which group of native-born Americans is identified in research findings as experiencing wage reductions due to immigration?
What was the annual immigration quota for 'diversity immigrants' as mentioned in the chapter?
According to the text, what is the effect of greater distance on the likelihood of migration?
How many legal permanent residents did the United States admit in 2007?
What is the primary reason why immigration has very little effect on the average wage level in the U.S.?
What percentage of illegal workers make up the workforce in the agricultural sector?
How did the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 attempt to address the issue of illegal immigration?
In the simple immigration model, what happens to the total domestic output of the world as a whole when workers migrate?
What is one reason, other than higher wages, that highly skilled immigrants might be drawn to the United States?
According to the 'Last Word' section, what was the proposed annual quota for the guest-worker program in the failed 2007 immigration reform?
What is the economic principle explaining why 'beaten paths' or migration networks reduce the cost of migration for new immigrants?
What is a primary reason that labor unions in the U.S. often oppose increasing immigration quotas?
In the simple immigration model, which group in the destination country benefits from immigration?
What is the primary factor that causes the flow of illegal immigration to slow down or stop, according to the model presented in Figure 22.4?
Why might long-run capital expansion in a destination country partially offset the negative wage effects of immigration on native-born workers?
Illegal immigration is considered particularly unfair to which group?
What is the economic definition of human capital?