Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280865 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
JRC Working Papers on Taxation and Structural Reforms No. 05/2022
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
We provide novel and comprehensive evidence on the net fiscal contributions of natives and migrants to the governmental budgets of EU countries. We account for income taxes and cash benefits, along with indirect taxes and in-kind benefits, which are often missing in standard datasets. We find that on average, migrants were net contributors to public finances over the period of 2014-2018 in the EU and, moreover, that they contribute approximately e1.5 thousand more per capita each year than natives. We also show that this difference is partly due to selection on characteristics that make migrants net fiscal contributors, such as demographic factors and employment probability.
Subjects: 
Migration
EU
individual taxation
public benefits
individual fiscal contribution
JEL: 
F22
H24
H50
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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