On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce
Oded Stark and
Wiktor Budzinski
No 275060, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Abstract:
We study policies that are aimed at retaining a migrant workforce in a Gulf State while introducing a tax on migrant earnings. We single out Qatar as a case study. We consider two types of migrants: target migrants, and non-target migrants. If migrants are target migrants, we show that in order to neutralize the effect of a tax on their earnings, Qatar needs to extend the length of time migrants are allowed to stay. Such a scheme can work even when the migrants experience utility loss from staying longer in Qatar. If migrants are non-target migrants, we show that implementation of a lottery scheme in which the prizes are life-long residency in Qatar can “compensate” for the imposition of the tax. In both cases, we present numerical examples that illustrate the magnitudes involved.
Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2018-07-13
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Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ubzefd:275060
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.275060
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