Question

Which arguments are consistent with the cumulative causation model of international migration?

Question 3 options:

	A:Migrants through their remittances strengthen the local economy of their origins and make migration less likely
	B:Governments can effectively regulate migration by changing the cost-benefit calculus of migrants
	C:Migrants provide cheap labor and thus obviate the need for expensive machines in the destination societies economies
	D:Migration can change the local economy of the origin community in a way that creates more potential migrants

Based on what you have learned about the causes of international migration, helping poor countries in terms of their development and increasing average incomes:

Question 4 options:

	A:Will always increase out-migration.
	B:Will always decrease the number of potential migrants
	C:It depends

Which of the following is true according to the Segmented Labor Market Theory of international migration?

Question 2 options:

	A:Migration is driven by demand for migrant labor in host societies
	B:Migration is driven primarily due to wage differences between countries
	C:Migration is driven by a variety of “push factors”
	D:Migrants move to establish themselves long-term and earn a better living in their new homes

Answer 1

Question 3

Here the correct option is, option D- Migration can change the local economy of the origin community in a way that creates more potential migrants.

Because, the cumulative causation of migration states that “as migratory experience grows within a sending community, the likelihood that other community members will initiate a migratory trip increase”.

Question 4

Here the correct option will be option C- It depends,

Because the migration is due to many reasons not only because of poverty or unemployment. Therefore, we cannot thoroughly state that ‘helping poor countries in terms of their development and increasing average incomes will always decrease the number of potential migrants. But anyway, the chances for increasing the number of potential migrants is less in this case.

Question 2

Here the correct option is, option A- Migration is driven by demand for migrant labor in host societies.

Because, Segmented Labor Market Theory states that “International migration stems from the intrinsic labor demands (pull factors) of modern industrial societies”. It says that ‘migration is caused by pull factors in developed countries and not by push factors in sending countries’.