International migration, transfers of norms and public goods back home

Jan Brzozowski and Nicola Coniglio
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Jan Brzozowski: Jagiellonian University

JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, vol. 90, issue 3, 434-459

Abstract: International migration represents a potential channel for the transmission of norms, attitudes, and values back to the home countries. In this paper, we explore how international migration affects tax morale and aversion to the free-riding of members of the household left behind in the home country. We use a rich longitudinal household-level database on Polish society (period 2007–2015) that allows us to observe social attitudes and values of individuals before and after the actual migration of a member of the household. We find that having a migrant in the household has a significant and positive effect on tax morale and increases aversion toward free-riding of stayers. We also find that migrants have a lower level of tax morale before departure compared to stayers, suggesting that international migration leads to an overall gain in pro-social behaviors.

Keywords: International migration; Social remittances; Transfer of norms; Tax morale; Free riding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 F22 F24 H26 P20 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09-01
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