We analyze the role of optimal income taxation across different local labor markets. Should labor in large cities be …

Economic models of migration recognize that potential changes in income are an important factor in the decision to … movers' may on average see their relative earnings fall as a result of internal migration. Previous research suggesting that … similar to this earlier research, with wives losing on average about 20% of their pre-migration earnings. Much of this decline …

earnings. Starting from a model with employer and employee fixed effects, we estimate the average earnings premiums associated …

contributions of earnings and home prices to the noted overall decline in internal migration. These analyses show that wages on … earnings levels in potential destination CZs. However, these wage effects have been more than offset by housing related factors …

-pecuniary measures with realized location and earnings outcomes to characterize inequality in overall welfare …