Interstate Migration and the Tiebout Hypothesis: An Analysis According to Race, Sex, and Age

Cebula, Richard (1973): Interstate Migration and the Tiebout Hypothesis: An Analysis According to Race, Sex, and Age. Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association , Vol. 69, No. 348 (22 December 1974): pp. 876-879.

Abstract

This article empirically examines the impact on interstate net migration of differential state and local property tax and transfer policies in the United States by race, age and sex for the period 1965-70. The results offer considerable support to the Tiebout hypothesis that the consumer-voter moves to that area which best satisfies his preferences for public goods.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: net state in-migration; taxes; welfare benefits
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H49 - Other; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J18 - Public Policy; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R59 - Other

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