title: Voluntary income redistribution with migration.
abstract: This study is concerned with the welfare magnet problem, in which disparities in transfer policies across states are believed to encourage recipient and possibly resource migration.  "This study clarifies the terms of the debate by showing how the value of redistributing local resources depends not only on the value of income to each group, but also on the cost of the transfer in erosion of the resource base through migration and through the general equilibrium effects of such activity on local prices."  The geographical focus is on the United States.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crane
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Income; Income Distribution; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Policy; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; United States