Reference no: EM133304757
Questions
1. Based on RCTs, the largest effect of microcredit expansion seems to be:
A) enabling greater consumption of consumer durables in place of temptation goods
B) empowerment of women because women often run small businesses
C) large investments in education
D) a result of joint liability
E) higher profits for the average small business
2. Justin Lin argues that if there is no entry by firms in an industry in which the country has a latent comparative advantage:
A) this means that the industry cannot be competitive
B) we should ask existing firms what kinds of barriers they face to expansion
C) the government should encourage entry by foreign firms
D) the government should not provide incentives for entry to this industry
E) the government should focus resources on existing industries only
3. The Federal Indian Act of 1876:
A) allowed "Indian" status to be passed on to children regardless of who an indigenous person married
B) allows for hereditary leadership of First Nations people
C) set up a Federal bureaucracy to restrict what First Nations could do with reserve land
D) allows First Nations to transact their land with anyone they want
4. Which statement is true about migration and public finances for destination countries:
A) the age of migrants is unlikely to affect their public finance impact
B) negative impacts on public finances are usually driven by high benefit burdens of migrants compared to natives
C) refugees are usually the most beneficial migrants from the perspective of government budgets
D) undocumented migrants usually are the most beneficial for public finances because they draw on fewer benefits
E) negative impacts on public finances are usually driven by lower tax contributions of migrants compared to natives
5. What is an example of a natural experiment researchers have used to estimate the causal effect of having more children on the outcomes of those children?
A) Compare rich households with more children to poor households with more children
B) Compare fraternal twins and identical twins
C) Compare households where the first-born child is a boy versus a girl
D) Compare poor households with more children to poor households with less children
E) Compare rich households with more children to rich households with less children