Replication data for: The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Enrico Moretti; Daniel J. Wilson
Version: View help for Version V1
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Project Citation:
Moretti, Enrico, and Wilson, Daniel J. Replication data for: The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113057V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We quantify how sensitive is migration by star scientists to changes in personal and business tax differentials across states. We uncover large, stable, and precisely estimated effects of personal and corporate taxes on star scientists' migration patterns. The long-run elasticity of mobility relative to taxes is 1.8 for personal income taxes, 1.9 for state corporate income tax, and —1.7 for the investment tax credit. While there are many other factors that drive when innovative individuals and innovative companies decide to locate, there are enough firms and workers on the margin that state taxes matter.
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JEL Classification:
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H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
H25 Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H73 State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R32 Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
H25 Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H73 State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R32 Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
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