State income tax policy and geographic labour force mobility in the United States

Author: Saltz Ira S.  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1466-4291

Source: Applied Economics Letters, Vol.5, Iss.10, 1998-10, pp. : 599-601

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Abstract

This study empirically investigates the impact of state income tax policy on US interstate migration for the period 1985-89. It finds that people vote with their feet and prefer to move so as to minimize their state income tax liabilities.