This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe … leagues of 14 Western European countries since 1985. We identify the effects of top earnings tax rates on migration using a … players. We start by presenting reduced-form graphical evidence showing large and compelling migration responses to country …

labor migration, that may nullify the "race to the bottom" hypothesis. Labor migration is governed by net-of-tax factor … into account the effect of taxes and migration on factor rewards and the fiscal burden imposed by migration on the decisive … state member state), with tax financed benefits which is able to control the volume and the skill-composition of migration …

This paper makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international migration flows. First, we … compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering 15 OECD destination countries and 120 sending countries for … our destination countries over this period. Second, we extend the empirical model of migration choice across multiple …

static model of migration costs, the estimated net gains from open borders are about the same as the gains from a growth …

for the critique by Rodriguez and Rodrik (2001). We also show that the main effect of migration operates through total … provide further evidence in support of this mechanism by showing that the degree of diversity (by origin country) in migration …

During the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913), the US maintained an open border, absorbing 30 million European …

regime. A Markov equilibrium with social security consists of a more liberal migration policy, than a corresponding … equilibrium with no social security. Thus, the social security system effectively provides an incentive to liberalize migration …