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Project Citation: 

Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen, Landais, Camille, and Saez, Emmanuel. Replication data for: Taxation and International Migration of Superstars: Evidence from the European Football Market. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112661V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We analyze the effects of top tax rates on international migration of football players in 14 European countries since 1985. Both country case studies and multinomial regressions show evidence of strong mobility responses to tax rates, with an elasticity of the number of foreign (domestic) players to the net-of-tax rate around one (around 0.15). We also find evidence of sorting effects (low taxes attract highability players who displace low-ability players) and displacement effects (low taxes on foreigners displace domestic players). Those results can be rationalized in a simple model of migration and taxation with rigid labor demand.

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      F22 International Migration
      H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
      H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
      J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      L83 Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism


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