Local Government Policies and Migration: Reply and Extension

Cebula, Richard (1975): Local Government Policies and Migration: Reply and Extension. Published in: Public Choice , Vol. 25, No. 2 (22 April 1976): pp. 65-67.

Abstract

This study empirically investigates the impact of higher property taxation on net in-migration to SMSAs over the 1965-70 time period. Using two stage least squares, the estimation reveals that net migration is a decreasing function of the per capita level of property taxes. This provides additional support for the theory of voting with one's feet.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: property taxation; migration patterns; voting with one's feet
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents > H31 - Household; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H41 - Public Goods; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers

References

Cebula, R.J., "Local Government Policies and Migration: An Analysis for SMSA's in the United States, 1965-1970," Public Choice, 1974, 19, 85-93.

Cebula, R.J. and Vedder, R.K., "A Note on Migration, Economic Opportunity, and the Quality of Life," Journal of Regional Science, 1973, 13, 205-211.

DeJong, G.F. and Donnelly, W.L., "Public Welfare and Migration," Social Science Quarterly, 1973, 54, 329-344.

Pack, J.R., "Determinants of Migration to Central Cities," Journal of Regional Science, 1973, 13, 249-260.

Sommers, P.M. and Suits, D.B., "Analysis of Net Interstate Migration," Southern Economic Journal, 1973, 40, 193-201.

Tiebout, C.M., "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures," Journal of Political Economy, 1956, 64, 416-424.

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of the Population: 1970, Subject Reports, Final Report PC(2)-2C, Mobility for Metropolitan Areas, 1973.

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, various issues.