Millionaires on the Run? Taxation of the Rich and Induced Mobility: A Literature Review

Fernando Rodrigo Sauco
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Fernando Rodrigo Sauco: IEDIS, University of Zaragoza

Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2025, vol. 253, issue 2, 91-127

Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to evaluate, from an economics perspective, the growing literature on the possible tax-induced residential mobility of high-income and high-net-worth individuals. This literature is dominated by the estimation of one parameter: migration elasticity in response to changes in net-of-tax income. The considerable heterogeneity of estimations of this elasticity warns against drawing any overall conclusions without considering and evaluating the institutional and economic conditions and methodological options influencing each specific estimation. While keeping this caveat in mind, we offer some final recommendations for public decision-makers who hope to offer differentiating tax policies targeting taxpayers in the top wealth and income bracket or favouring specific professional profiles.

Keywords: Tax mobility; Millionaires; Income tax; Wealth tax; Migration elasticity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 H24 H73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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