Residential mobility and life cycle: examination of the influence of local taxes

Asmae Aqzzouz () and Nathalie Picard
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Asmae Aqzzouz: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: This study examines the influence of local taxes on household migration behavior between French municipalities ("communes"). We consider five tenure status categories and four categories of household head age. Our findings partially support Tiebout "voting with feet" theory, especially among young flat renters in the private sector, flat owners and social housing renters. A surprising result is related to the introduction of the municipality size in the regression, which dramatically affects the coefficient measuring the effect of local tax rates on migration probability. This suggests that a large part of the "Tiebout effect" usually found in the literature is an artefact caused by the spurious correlation between municipality size and local tax rates.

Keywords: Residential mobility; Local taxes; Local public expenditures; Heterogeneity; Local amenities; Life cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-01-01
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Working Paper: RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY AND LIFE CYCLE: EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF LOCAL TAXES (2024)
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