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Designing Taxes with Migration

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This paper analyzes the design of optimal taxes in less developed countries that suffer from excess rural-urban migration and reports results from a numerical model. These results illustrate the importance of both restrictions on the government's tax powers and the nature of the migration process in determining the optimal pattern of taxation. They also demonstrate that, under a very wide variety of circumstances, the existence of a fixed wage in the urban area makes wage subsidies desirable even if they have to be financed by taxes on the poorest sections of society. Copyright 1987 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Heady, Christopher, 1987. "Designing Taxes with Migration," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 97(388a), pages 87-98, Supplemen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:97:y:1987:i:388a:p:87-98
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    1. Raghbendra Jha & Anandi P. Sahu, 1997. "Tax policy and Human Capital Accumulation in a Ressource-Constrained Growing Dual Economy," Public Finance Review, , vol. 25(1), pages 58-82, January.
    2. Lall, Somik V. & Selod, Harris & Shalizi, Zmarak, 2006. "Rural-urban migration in developing countries : a survey of theoretical predictions and empirical findings," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3915, The World Bank.
    3. Siqueira, Rozane Bezerra de, 1998. "Optimal Inderect Taxes for Brazil: Combining Equity and Efficiency," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 52(1), January.
    4. Shah, Anwar & Whalley, John, 1990. "An alternative view of tax incidence analysis for developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 462, The World Bank.

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