The fiscal aspect of the refugee crisis

Joakim Ruist

International Tax and Public Finance, 2020, vol. 27, issue 2, No 10, 478-492

Abstract: Abstract An important part of the resistance to higher refugee immigration in rich countries is due to the fear of the negative fiscal consequences. Yet this article shows that the fiscal consequences even of substantially increased refugee immigration are likely to be quite modest. According to the estimates, if the European Union received all refugees currently in Asia and Africa, the implied average annual fiscal cost over the lifetime of these refugees would be at most 0.6% of the union’s GDP. If other rich countries also shared the burden, the cost per country would be even lower.

Keywords: Refugees; Immigration; Public finances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 H20 H50 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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