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This paper analyses the role of the welfare magnet hypothesis for migrants to the EU 15 at the regional level. The empirical analysis based on a random parameters logit model shows that the regional location decisions of migrants are mostly governed by income opportunities, labour market conditions, ethnic networks and a common language. There is no strong evidence for the welfare magnet hypothesis in the EU, but the empirical model shows that the income tax system has a large and consistent effect on locational choice.","onlinedate":"2011-04-04 02:00:00","lang":"English","publication_series":"","publication_date":"20110401","publication_date_year":"","publication_date_full":false,"publication_num_pages":"27","keywords":"[\"migration\",\"random parameters logit model\",\"welfare magnet hypothesis\"]","jelcodes":"[]","related_publications":"[]","pdf":414956,"zip":null,"link":"","monthly_report":true,"monthly_report_main":false,"monthly_report_volume":"","monthly_report_pages":"","monthly_report_pages_sort":"0","issue":"393","journal":"WIFO Working Papers","publisher":"","invisible":false,"external":false,"embargo_date":null,"types":[44410],"research_groups":[3481],"collaboration":"","persons":[3755],"persons_data":"[{\"personId\":3755,\"personName\":\"Klaus Nowotny\",\"organisationNames\":[]}]","clients":[],"subclients":[],"partners":[],"topics":[],"host_publication_title":"","host_publication_subtitle":"","place_of_publication":"","host_publication_editors":"[]","type_description":"","output_media":"","chapter":"","article_number":"","citations":"{\"apa\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical_apa\\\"><span>Nowotny, K.<\\\/span> (2011). <span>Welfare Magnets, Taxation and the Location Decisions of Migrants to the EU<\\\/span>. <span><em>WIFO Working Papers<\\\/em><\\\/span>, (393). <a onclick=\\\"window.open(this.href, '_blank','noopener,noreferrer'); return false;\\\" href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wifo.ac.at\\\/wwa\\\/pubid\\\/41504\\\" class=\\\"link\\\"><span>https:\\\/\\\/www.wifo.ac.at\\\/wwa\\\/pubid\\\/41504<\\\/span><\\\/a><\\\/div>\",\"vancouver\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical_vancouver\\\"><span>Nowotny K<\\\/span>. <span class=\\\"title\\\"><span>Welfare Magnets, Taxation and the Location Decisions of Migrants to the EU<\\\/span><\\\/span>. <span>WIFO Working Papers<\\\/span>. 2011 Apr;(393).<\\\/div>\",\"bibtex\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical_bibtex\\\"><div>@misc{f075cad720874ecc9db82cf8f28e2e0e,<\\\/div><div>  title    = \\\"Welfare Magnets, Taxation and the Location Decisions of Migrants to the EU\\\",<\\\/div><div>  abstract = \\\"Migrants are among the groups most vulnerable to economic fluctuations. 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