On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce
On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce
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07.2018Publisher
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of BonnPublisher Location
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Abstract
We study policies that are aimed at retaining a migrant workforce in a Gulf State while introducing a tax on migrant earnings. We single out Qatar as a case study. We consider two types of migrants: target migrants, and non-target migrants. If migrants are target migrants, we show that in order to neutralize the effect of a tax on their earnings, Qatar needs to extend the length of time migrants are allowed to stay. Such a scheme can work even when the migrants experience utility loss from staying longer in Qatar. If migrants are non-target migrants, we show that implementation of a lottery scheme in which the prizes are life-long residency in Qatar can “compensate” for the imposition of the tax. In both cases, we present numerical examples that illustrate the magnitudes involved.
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Migration, Taxing migrants, Target migrants, Non-target migrants
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300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie 320 Politik 330 WirtschaftFirst Publication
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ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 263Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor: On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 2018. In: ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 263.
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author = {{Oded Stark} and {Wiktor Budzinski}},
title = {On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce},
publisher = {Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn},
year = 2018,
month = jul,
series = {ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy},
volume = 263,
note = {We study policies that are aimed at retaining a migrant workforce in a Gulf State while introducing a tax on migrant earnings. We single out Qatar as a case study. We consider two types of migrants: target migrants, and non-target migrants. If migrants are target migrants, we show that in order to neutralize the effect of a tax on their earnings, Qatar needs to extend the length of time migrants are allowed to stay. Such a scheme can work even when the migrants experience utility loss from staying longer in Qatar. If migrants are non-target migrants, we show that implementation of a lottery scheme in which the prizes are life-long residency in Qatar can “compensate” for the imposition of the tax. In both cases, we present numerical examples that illustrate the magnitudes involved.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/12113}
}
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