Migration and public finances in the EU

Carlo V. Fiorio, Tommaso Frattini, Andrea Riganti and Michael Christl
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Carlo V. Fiorio: University of Milan
Tommaso Frattini: University of Milan
Andrea Riganti: University of Milan

International Tax and Public Finance, 2024, vol. 31, issue 3, No 1, 635-684

Abstract: Abstract We provide novel and comprehensive evidence on the net fiscal contributions of natives and migrants to the governmental budgets of EU countries. We account for income taxes and cash benefits, along with indirect taxes and in-kind benefits, which are often missing in standard datasets. We find that on average, migrants were net contributors to public finances over the period of 2014–2018 in the EU and, moreover, that they contribute approximately €1.5 thousand more per capita each year than natives. We also show that this difference is partly due to the selection on characteristics that make migrants net fiscal contributors, such as demographic factors and employment probability.

Keywords: Migration; EU; Individual taxation; Public benefits; Individual fiscal contribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 H24 H50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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