Competition for Migrants in a Federation: Tax or Transfer Competition?
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Munich : Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research, 2012.Publikation: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Competition for Migrants in a Federation
T2 - Tax or Transfer Competition?
AU - Köthenbürger, Marko
N1 - JEL Classification: H700, J200, F200
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The paper provides an equilibrium analysis of how countries compete for migrants. The type of competition (tax or transfer competition) depends on whether the competing countries have similar policy preferences. With symmetric preferences, countries compete in taxes for migrants. With asymmetric preferences, migration competition takes place in income support levels. The results are robust to the degree of mobility and to whether high-income or low-income households are mobile. The results are relevant, e.g., for federal policies that tackle inefficient migration competition and for evaluating whether a country may wish to adopt unilateral `migration-purchase' policies.
AB - The paper provides an equilibrium analysis of how countries compete for migrants. The type of competition (tax or transfer competition) depends on whether the competing countries have similar policy preferences. With symmetric preferences, countries compete in taxes for migrants. With asymmetric preferences, migration competition takes place in income support levels. The results are robust to the degree of mobility and to whether high-income or low-income households are mobile. The results are relevant, e.g., for federal policies that tackle inefficient migration competition and for evaluating whether a country may wish to adopt unilateral `migration-purchase' policies.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Cesifo Working Paper
BT - Competition for Migrants in a Federation
PB - Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
CY - Munich
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