Migration and Local Public Services

Matz Dahlberg () and Peter Fredriksson

No 2001:12, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using unique Swedish micro data we examine the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modeled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. The US literature has produced conflicting evidence with respect to the importance of local public services. We find a robust positive (negative) relationship between local public services (local income tax rates) and the residential choices of short-distance migrants (defined as those moving within a local labor market). However, local public characteristics are less important for migrants who entered from other local labor markets. Using information on subsequent mobility, we also investigate whether the last result is due to lack of information about the characteristics of the local public sector. The evidence suggests that this is not the case.

Keywords: Migration; Local public services; Tiebout; Discrete choice; repeat migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 H31 H73 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-04-15
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