Download or read book Tax Burden and Migration written by Efraim Sadka and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined at a political-economy equilibrium by a balance between those who gain and those who lose from a more extensive tax-transfer policy. In a stylized model of migration and human capital formation, we find, somewhat against conventional wisdom, that low-skill migration may lead to a lower tax burden and less redistribution than no migration, even though the migrants join the pro-tax coalition.