Connecticut CT Is Better Than OK: Progressive Policies Increase Life Expectancy A recent peer-reviewed study documents that states that shifted more to the left had greater gains in life expectancy than states that have moved more to the right.
Migration Policy Millionaires Pay to Stay: The Millionaire Tax Migration Myth The evidence is clear: Increases in marginal income tax rates do not cause the wealthy to leave for low-tax states. The wealthy are actually drawn to areas offering resources, including public goods, quality schools, and proximity to major cities.
Why Americans Are Staying Put, Instead of Moving to a New City or State Americans are much less mobile than presumed. Over the last several decades, the proportion of people who move from one place to another in the US has dropped by over one half.