01544cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007412 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451956283 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Sadka, Efraim. Tax Burden and Migration : A Political Economy Perspective / Efraim Sadka, Assaf Razin. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (13 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet Razin, Assaf. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/078 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/078/001.1997.issue-078-en.xml IMF e-Library