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Chapter 8, Problem 15P
(a)
To determine
Determine why a source country experiences both an outflow of low-skilled workers and an outflow of high-skill workers at a time.
(b)
To determine
Graphically illustrate the returns to skill in the destination and source countries.
(c)
To determine
Determine how the social and economic policies encourage both types of flows.
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