Exam Review: Methodology, Birth Rates, and International Migration

Flashcards covering research design concepts, low birth rate policies in South Korea, climate refugees, and theories of international migration from the lecture review.

What is the term for the tendency to overreport good behavior and underreport bad behavior in a survey?

Social desirability bias

Which group of women in Japan shows the most negative attitudes towards immigrant labor because they feel their jobs are being taken?

Women with insecure jobs

In which US state did the federal government spend funds to relocate a community threatened by sea level rise and coastal erosion?

Louisiana

What is the one-word term used to describe when two things move together?

Correlation

What pilot program did South Korea launch in September 2024 to address low birth rates and ease pressure on working parents?

Hiring trained caregivers from The Philippines to assist with childcare and housework in Seoul

Why does South Korea's outdated welfare system place significant pressure on single elderly women?

Because it assigns heavy roles and responsibilities to the male breadwinner (patriarch), leaving unmarried single elderly women with little support.

When two correlated variables (such as ice cream sales and motor incidents) are both influenced by a third unobserved factor like hot weather, what is that third factor called?

An omitted variable

What is the practical consequence for people displaced by climate change because the term 'climate refugees' is not recognized under international law?

They are excluded from the legal benefits that recognized refugees enjoy, such as work authorization.

In political science methodology, what is the term for what would have happened without the treatment?

Counterfactual

What are the two main theories of migration mentioned in the review?

Neoclassical theory and the new economics of migration