Abstract
Using the Greater Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area as a case study, this paper studies the interaction between intrametropolitan migration and the fiscal capacity of local authorities. The analysis concludes that municipalities with high resident out-migration generate higher per capita incomes than migrant-recipient municipalities. This paradoxical situation may be due to the fact that non-residential land uses yield higher local taxes than residential ones.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 61-85 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Space and Polity |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:In this case, out-migration has caused central municipalities to cut expenditures, thus lowering service levels, and to raise taxes on remaining residents and businesses (Ben-Ilia, 2001).1 ‘Equalisation’ grants from the central government have also been sought, but the financial support provided by the central government has declined sharply (Wildasin, 1991; Hecht and Konin, 2001). Central-city residents and businesses are burdened with additional taxes spurring further out-migration, undermining the metropolitan tax-base and generating a vicious circle: as the central city’s population shrinks, services decline while tax burdens increase (Bailey, 1999).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Political Science and International Relations