THE FISCAL EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION TO THE UK

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; University of Milan
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12181
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: F593-F643
• 关键词: Return migration; corporate-tax; IMPACT

摘要

We investigate the fiscal impact of immigration on the UK economy, with a focus on the period since 1995. Our findings indicate that, when considering the resident immigrant population in each year from 1995 to 2011, immigrants from the European Economic Area (EEA) have made a positive fiscal contribution, even during periods when the UK was running budget deficits, while Non-EEA immigrants, not dissimilar to natives, have made a negative contribution. For immigrants that arrived since 2000, contributions have been positive throughout, and particularly so for immigrants from EEA countries. Notable is the strong positive contribution made by immigrants from countries that joined the EU in 2004.