On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce
On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce
dc.contributor.author | Stark, Oded | |
dc.contributor.author | Budzinski, Wiktor | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-12T07:40:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-12T07:40:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 07.2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/12113 | |
dc.description.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. | de |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 263 | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Migration | |
dc.subject | Taxing migrants | |
dc.subject | Target migrants | |
dc.subject | Non-target migrants | |
dc.subject.ddc | 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie | |
dc.subject.ddc | 320 Politik | |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 Wirtschaft | |
dc.title | On the taxing of migrants’ earnings while retaining a migrant workforce | |
dc.type | Arbeitspapier | |
dc.publisher.name | Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn | |
dc.publisher.location | Bonn | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | |
dc.relation.eissn | 1436-9931 | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.zef.de/fileadmin/user_upload/ZEF_DP_263_OS.pdf | |
ulbbn.pubtype | Zweitveröffentlichung | |
dc.version | publishedVersion |