We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … redistribution, both the welfare-magnet effect from more redistributive countries and the propensity of the high-skilled to settle in … redistribution receive a negative selection of Italian migrants. This holds true after accounting for many individual and country …

Finding a definitive answer to the question of whether fiscal redistribution is harmful or beneficial for regional … economic performance is not straightforward. This paper disentangles the key components of fiscal redistribution in a regional … battery of studies on the mixed evidence concerning the relationship between fiscal redistribution and per capita income. To …