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International migration, transfers of norms and public goods back home

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  • Jan BRZOZOWSKI

    (Jagiellonian University)

  • Nicola Daniele CONIGLIO

    (University of Bari Aldo Moro)

Abstract

International migration represents a potential channel for the transmission of norms, attitudes, and values back to the home countries. In this paper, we explore how international migration affects tax morale and aversion to the free-riding of members of the household left behind in the home country. We use a rich longitudinal household-level database on Polish society (period 2007–2015) that allows us to observe social attitudes and values of individuals before and after the actual migration of a member of the household. We find that having a migrant in the household has a significant and positive effect on tax morale and increases aversion toward free-riding of stayers. We also find that migrants have a lower level of tax morale before departure compared to stayers, suggesting that international migration leads to an overall gain in pro-social behaviors.

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  • Jan BRZOZOWSKI & Nicola Daniele CONIGLIO, 2024. "International migration, transfers of norms and public goods back home," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 90(3), pages 434-459, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:90:y:2024:i:3:p:434-459
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2023.24
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    Keywords

    International migration; Social remittances; Transfer of norms; Tax morale; Free riding;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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