The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data
Despite the purported surge in internal migration following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, data from the 2006 European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a relatively small share of the Europea...
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AVERAGE BENEFITS AVERAGE EARNINGS BENEFICIARIES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD-SUPPORT CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COMMUNITY SURVEY CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CUSTOMER SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISABILITY BENEFITS DISPOSABLE INCOME EARLY RETIREMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT STATUS EU EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION EXPENDITURE FAMILY BENEFITS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER PEOPLE FINANCES GROSS INCOME HANDICRAFT HOME HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SOCIETY INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED ACCESS LIVING CONDITIONS LOWER INCOME MASS IMMIGRATION MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MORTGAGE NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONALS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE OPEN DOORS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL EARNINGS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC PENSION PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPTS REMITTANCE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS RETIREMENT PENSION RETIREMENTS RICHER COUNTRIES SALES SECOND JOB SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SENIOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE TAX INFORMATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS UNION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AVERAGE BENEFITS AVERAGE EARNINGS BENEFICIARIES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD-SUPPORT CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COMMUNITY SURVEY CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CUSTOMER SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISABILITY BENEFITS DISPOSABLE INCOME EARLY RETIREMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT STATUS EU EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION EXPENDITURE FAMILY BENEFITS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER PEOPLE FINANCES GROSS INCOME HANDICRAFT HOME HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SOCIETY INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED ACCESS LIVING CONDITIONS LOWER INCOME MASS IMMIGRATION MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MORTGAGE NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONALS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE OPEN DOORS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL EARNINGS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC PENSION PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPTS REMITTANCE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS RETIREMENT PENSION RETIREMENTS RICHER COUNTRIES SALES SECOND JOB SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SENIOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE TAX INFORMATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS UNION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS Barbone, Luca Bontch-Osmolovsky, Misha Zaidi, Salman The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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Despite the purported surge in internal
migration following the 2004 enlargement of the European
Union, data from the 2006 European Union Survey of Income
and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a
relatively small share of the European Union's
population. Depending on the exact definition used, only
about 1 to 2 percent of the population of European Union-13
countries (members prior to the 2004 enlargement, not
including Germany and Luxembourg) were born in other
European Union countries, while the corresponding share for
European Union-4 countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic,
and Slovakia) is even lower. By contrast, about 6 percent of
the population of European Union-13 countries was born
outside the European Union. On examining the demographic and
socio-economic background of the migrant population (both
from within as well as outside the European Union), this
paper finds that migrants tend to include a concentration of
both low as well as highly educated workers. Both sets of
migrants uniformly contribute to raising the working-age
population of receiving countries. Using data on average
incomes and taxes paid and benefits received by migrant and
non-migrant households, the authors find no evidence to
support the contention that migrant workers contribute much
less in taxes than the native-born population, or consume
significantly higher benefits. On the contrary, our
calculations suggest that migrant workers make a net
contribution of approximately 42 billion euros to the
national tax and benefit systems of European Union-13 countries. |
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Barbone, Luca Bontch-Osmolovsky, Misha Zaidi, Salman |
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Barbone, Luca Bontch-Osmolovsky, Misha Zaidi, Salman |
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Barbone, Luca |
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The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data |
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foreign-born population in the european union and its contribution to national tax and benefit systems : some insights from recent household survey data |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-40932021-04-23T14:02:15Z The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and Its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data Barbone, Luca Bontch-Osmolovsky, Misha Zaidi, Salman ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AVERAGE BENEFITS AVERAGE EARNINGS BENEFICIARIES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD-SUPPORT CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COMMUNITY SURVEY CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CUSTOMER SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISABILITY BENEFITS DISPOSABLE INCOME EARLY RETIREMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT STATUS EU EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION EXPENDITURE FAMILY BENEFITS FEWER CHILDREN FEWER PEOPLE FINANCES GROSS INCOME HANDICRAFT HOME HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SOCIETY INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED ACCESS LIVING CONDITIONS LOWER INCOME MASS IMMIGRATION MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MORTGAGE NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONALS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS OCCUPATIONS OLD-AGE OPEN DOORS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL EARNINGS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC PENSION PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPTS REMITTANCE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS RETIREMENT PENSION RETIREMENTS RICHER COUNTRIES SALES SECOND JOB SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SENIOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE TAX INFORMATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS UNION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS Despite the purported surge in internal migration following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, data from the 2006 European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a relatively small share of the European Union's population. Depending on the exact definition used, only about 1 to 2 percent of the population of European Union-13 countries (members prior to the 2004 enlargement, not including Germany and Luxembourg) were born in other European Union countries, while the corresponding share for European Union-4 countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia) is even lower. By contrast, about 6 percent of the population of European Union-13 countries was born outside the European Union. On examining the demographic and socio-economic background of the migrant population (both from within as well as outside the European Union), this paper finds that migrants tend to include a concentration of both low as well as highly educated workers. Both sets of migrants uniformly contribute to raising the working-age population of receiving countries. Using data on average incomes and taxes paid and benefits received by migrant and non-migrant households, the authors find no evidence to support the contention that migrant workers contribute much less in taxes than the native-born population, or consume significantly higher benefits. On the contrary, our calculations suggest that migrant workers make a net contribution of approximately 42 billion euros to the national tax and benefit systems of European Union-13 countries. 2012-03-19T19:09:52Z 2012-03-19T19:09:52Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090414080729 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4093 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4899 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia |