Assume a country produces only wine and guns. Both wine and gun production use land and labor as their only inputs. Wine production is relatively land-intensive while gun production is relatively labor-intensive. According to the Rybczynski theorem, a significant rise in immigration is most likely to lead to:

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The Rybczynski theorem states that, holding output prices constant, an increase in the supply of a factor of production (in this case, labor due to immigration) will lead to a greater proportional increase in the output of the good that uses that factor more intensively. Since gun production is more labor-intensive, immigration will lead to a greater increase in gun production relative to the increase in labor.

Assume a Country Produces Only Wine and Guns