Arbeitspapier

Migration and Local Public Services

Using unique Swedish micro data we examine the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modeled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. The US literature has produced conflicting evidence with respect to the importance of local public services. We find a robust positive (negative) relationship between local public services (local income tax rates) and the residential choices of short-distance migrants (defined as those moving within a local labor market). However, local public characteristics are less important for migrants who entered from other local labor markets. Using information on subsequent mobility, we also investigate whether the last result is due to lack of information about the characteristics of the local public sector. The evidence suggests that this is not the case.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2001:12

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Thema
Migration
Local public services
Tiebout
Discrete choice
repeat migration
Kommunale Dienstleistung
Wohnungswechsel
Präferenztheorie
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dahlberg, Matz
Fredriksson, Peter
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
(wo)
Uppsala
(wann)
2001

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dahlberg, Matz
  • Fredriksson, Peter
  • Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2001

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