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Interjurisdictional flows of imperfectly-mobile migrants, investment, and other productive resources result in the costly dynamic adjustment of resource stocks. This paper investigates the comparative dynamics of adjustment to changes in local fiscal policy with two imperfectly mobile productive...
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This paper analyzes the treatment of commuting expenses by the income tax code from a normative and a positive point of view within a continuous space framework with endogenous residence choices and perfect labor mobility. As commuting expenses should never be deductible from the income tax base...
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number has fueled fears about “Brain Drain” as only 3% of the population obtains tertiary education. Although migration … can compensate for the selection of high-skilled workers into migration. This papers measures the selection, incentive and … migration, thereby decreasing the average schooling level in the origin countries. However, stronger incentives to invest in …
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replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment. Defending wages with replacement incomes brings about first …) exclusion of migrants from a national subsidy program makes it possible to avoid a distortion of the migration pattern. …
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migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of … subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not the lagged endogenous variable is included. The relationship is robust to …
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different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …
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This paper investigates empirically the role of taxes on labor for the stock of expatriates and the migration flows of … to see to what extent labour income taxes and social security contributions determine migration flows. We collect data on … tax variables to estimate their effect on bilateral stocks of expatriates into OECD countries and the migration of skilled …
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For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
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indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …
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This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth …
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