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Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up
Rozema, Kyle; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper investigates a previously unexplored behavioral response to taxation: whether smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food stamp take-up of non-enrolled, eligible smoking...
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Migration Elasticities, Fiscal Federalism and the Ability of States to Redistribute Income
Giertz, Seth H.; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under a variety of migration elasticity assumptions. Key outputs from the simulation include the impact of tax-induced migration on state revenues, excess burden, and fiscal...
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Impact of Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes on Seasonal Labor Markets: Optimum Compensation and Workers' Welfare
Basu, Arnab K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that provides a safety net for the rural poor with the potential to boost rural income, stabilize agricultural production and reduce rural-urban migration. This paper, models the impact...
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Fiscal Competition for Imperfectly-Mobile Labor and Capital: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis
Wildasin, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Interjurisdictional flows of imperfectly-mobile migrants, investment, and other productive resources result in the costly dynamic adjustment of resource stocks. This paper investigates the comparative dynamics of adjustment to changes in local fiscal policy with two imperfectly mobile productive...
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Property Value Assessment Growth Limits, Tax Base Erosion and Regional In-Migration
Skidmore, Mark; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In 1994 a limit on the growth of property values for tax purposes was imposed in Michigan. One consequence of the newly imposed assessment growth cap was an emerging differential in tax prices between potential new property owners and long-time property owners. The purpose of this paper is to...
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The Impact of Legalized Casino Gambling on Crime
Nichols, Mark W.; Tosun, Mehmet S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We examine the impact of legalized casino gambling, including Indian casinos, on crime. Using county-level data between 1994 and 2009, the impact that casino legalization had on crime is examined. Our results show an increase in crime associated with casinos in some circumstances, but not...
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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Faber, Riemer; Koning, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many … municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to …-specific data on grants and actual expenditures, we estimate that municipalities have to add about 90 cents from their own resources …
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How Do Stamp Duties Affect the Housing Market?
Davidoff, Ian; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Land transfer taxes are a substantial portion of the cost of moving house in many developed countries. Since stamp duties are endogenous with respect to the house price, we create an instrumental variable that is the stamp duty on a property, given that postcode's starting house price and the...
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Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail?
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Ehrenberg, Randy A.; Smith, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Our paper analyzes historical data for New York State on the percentage of school board budget proposals that are defeated each year and panel data that we collected for individual school districts in the state. We find that changes in state aid have little impact on budget vote success....
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The Enrollment Effect of Secondary School Fees in Post-War Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This study utilizes the heterogeneity of the fee abolition for West German secondary schools to identify its effect on enrollment and to obtain an estimate of the price elasticity of demand for education. The analysis is based on administrative school enrollment statistics as well as on...
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