Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia

As the end of the Twenty-Tens approaches, there is a growing public consensus in Croatia that the key challenge facing the country is of demographic nature. Put simply, the accession to the European Union (EU) in July 2013 only exacerbated the negative trends regarding the emigration of mostly young...

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Main Author: Gadžo Stjepan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, Serbia 2019-01-01
Series:Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2019/0003-25651904116G.pdf
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description As the end of the Twenty-Tens approaches, there is a growing public consensus in Croatia that the key challenge facing the country is of demographic nature. Put simply, the accession to the European Union (EU) in July 2013 only exacerbated the negative trends regarding the emigration of mostly young and high-skilled workers to other, more developed countries. However, policymakers have hitherto failed to offer a comprehensive set of countermeasures, with tax policy being no exception. Accordingly, it is the aim of this paper to explore possible tax measures the Croatian legislator may employ in tackling the brain drain phenomenon, with special emphasis on highly skilled workers. More specifically, starting from the assumption that policymakers want to assume a more proactive role in addressing brain drain, the main contribution of the paper is in drawing the contours of a coherent tax-related response to this issue.
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spelling doaj-art-79446067463d4ffebf625651460725c32025-08-20T02:07:19ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu0003-25652406-26932019-01-0167411614610.5937/AnaliPFB1904116G0003-25651904116GUsing tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of CroatiaGadžo Stjepan0University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, CroatiaAs the end of the Twenty-Tens approaches, there is a growing public consensus in Croatia that the key challenge facing the country is of demographic nature. Put simply, the accession to the European Union (EU) in July 2013 only exacerbated the negative trends regarding the emigration of mostly young and high-skilled workers to other, more developed countries. However, policymakers have hitherto failed to offer a comprehensive set of countermeasures, with tax policy being no exception. Accordingly, it is the aim of this paper to explore possible tax measures the Croatian legislator may employ in tackling the brain drain phenomenon, with special emphasis on highly skilled workers. More specifically, starting from the assumption that policymakers want to assume a more proactive role in addressing brain drain, the main contribution of the paper is in drawing the contours of a coherent tax-related response to this issue.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2019/0003-25651904116G.pdfbrain draintax policypersonal income taxpreferential tax regimesexit taxation
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Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
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tax policy
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preferential tax regimes
exit taxation
title Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
title_full Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
title_fullStr Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
title_full_unstemmed Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
title_short Using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation: The case of Croatia
title_sort using tax policy to address brain drain and depopulation the case of croatia
topic brain drain
tax policy
personal income tax
preferential tax regimes
exit taxation
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2019/0003-25651904116G.pdf
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