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Title: A Case Against Taxes and Quotas on High-Skill Emigration

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

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DOI: 10.1515/jgd-2014-0015

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Abstract: Skilled workers have a rising tendency to emigrate from developing countries, raising fears that their departure harms the poor. To mitigate such harm, researchers have proposed a variety of policies designed to tax or restrict high-skill migration. Those policies have been justified as Pigovian regulations to raise efficiency by internalizing externalities, and as non-Pigovian regulations grounded in equity or ethics. This paper challenges both sets of justifications, arguing that Pigovian regulations on skilled emigration are inefficient and non-Pigovian regulations are inequitable and unethical. It concludes by discussing a different class of policy intervention that, in contrast, has the potential to raise welfare.

Url: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jgd.2014.5.issue-1/jgd-2014-0015/jgd-2014-0015.xml

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Authors: Clemens, Michael A.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Globalization and Development

Issue: 1

Volume: 5

Pages: 1-39

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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