Does migration affect tax revenue in Europe?

Liliana Harding and Mihai Mutascu
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Liliana Harding: University of East Anglia

No 2016-08, University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series from School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of migration on per capita collected tax revenues. The panel data used includes 25 European Union (EU) countries and covers the period 1996-2010. The research contributes to the debate linking migration and tax, and finds evidence that net migration is a significant factor explaining tax revenues. In the case of EU countries, net migration accelerates to some extent the rise in collected tax, and strongly impacts on the level of tax revenues available per capita.

Keywords: migration; tax payment; government revenue; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F22 H20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-mig, nep-pbe and nep-pub
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