Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298640 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) [ISSN:] 2254-7088 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 7-30
Publisher: 
Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
Abstract: 
This study considers the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on government spending in 31 OECD countries over 25 years and compares the marginal effects for expenditures and revenues to approximate the fiscal burden. Results suggest that ethnic fractionalization, not immigration itself, has a negative impact on spending in the OECD. On the whole, immigrants tend to contribute more in taxes than they cause in expenditures, at least relative to the averages for the population as a whole, but this effect is reversed for immigrants from poorer countries.
Subjects: 
immigration
ethnic diversity
fractionalization
government revenues
government expenditures
JEL: 
F22
H41
P50
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Document Type: 
Article

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