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Estimating preferences for local public services using migration data.
- Source :
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Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Urban Stud] 2012; Vol. 49 (2), pp. 319-36. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Using Swedish micro data, the paper examines the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modelled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. It is found that, given taxes, high spending on child care attracts migrants. Less conclusive results are obtained with respect to the role of spending on education and elderly care. High local taxes deter migrants. Relaxing the independence of the irrelevant alternatives assumption, by estimating a mixed logit model, has a significant impact on the results.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Education economics
Education history
Education legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Public Sector economics
Public Sector history
Public Sector legislation & jurisprudence
Socioeconomic Factors history
Sweden ethnology
Data Collection economics
Data Collection history
Data Collection legislation & jurisprudence
Emigrants and Immigrants education
Emigrants and Immigrants history
Emigrants and Immigrants legislation & jurisprudence
Emigrants and Immigrants psychology
Public Facilities economics
Public Facilities history
Public Facilities legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health economics
Public Health education
Public Health history
Public Health legislation & jurisprudence
Social Welfare economics
Social Welfare ethnology
Social Welfare history
Social Welfare legislation & jurisprudence
Social Welfare psychology
Taxes economics
Taxes history
Taxes legislation & jurisprudence
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0042-0980
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22375290
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098011400769