Economics Visiting Speaker: Dr. Adam Lavecchia

Thursday, March 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

ED-2018B

Department of Economics Visiting Speaker: Dr Adam Levecchia, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University

Presentation title: Taxation & regular folks’ migration: evidence from 35 years of Canadian data

Overview: Using administrative data on all immigrant arrivals to Canada and individual tax returns, we investigate how personal taxation affects inter-provincial migration decisions. Using policy variation in average tax rates, we find that higher provincial tax rates cause both immigrants and individuals born in Canada to move out of the province. We also explore how personal taxation affects migration decisions differently for immigrants with different characteristics, including visa category, education attainment and intended occupation.

This talk is open to the public.

Presented by Department of Economics

Event Listing 2024-03-28 15:30:00 2024-03-28 16:30:00 America/St_Johns Economics Visiting Speaker: Dr. Adam Lavecchia Department of Economics Visiting Speaker: Dr Adam Levecchia, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University Presentation title: Taxation & regular folks’ migration: evidence from 35 years of Canadian data Overview: Using administrative data on all immigrant arrivals to Canada and individual tax returns, we investigate how personal taxation affects inter-provincial migration decisions. Using policy variation in average tax rates, we find that higher provincial tax rates cause both immigrants and individuals born in Canada to move out of the province. We also explore how personal taxation affects migration decisions differently for immigrants with different characteristics, including visa category, education attainment and intended occupation. This talk is open to the public. ED-2018B Department of Economics