Karin Mayr

Biographic Data

ID6037977
NAMEKarin Mayr
GIVEN NAMESKarin
FAMILY NAMEMayr
SIGNATUREMAYR K
AFFILIATIONSJohannes Kepler University of Linz
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX1

  • Immigration and Voting on the Size and the Composition of Public Spending

    Karin MayrARTICLEFinanzArchiv2013

    This paper analyzes the effects of immigration by skill on the outcome of a majority vote among natives on both the size and the composition of public spending. Public spending can be of two types, spending on rival goods (transfers) and on nonrival goods (public goods). I find that the effect of immigration on total public spending depends both on the degree of income inequality and on preferences for the different types of spending. In particul…

  • The Selection of Migrants and Returnees

    J William Ambrosini, Karin Mayr et al.BOOK2010

    This paper uses micro data from the Demographic National Survey and the Census in Romania (2002-2003) and in Countries that have received large number of Romanian immigrants over the period 1990-2000 (US, Austria and Spain) to identify the wage earning ability (skills) of migrants and returnees relative to non-migrants. This determines what is called 'selection'. Using observable characteristics (education, age, gender and family status) that aff…

  • Optimal Deficit and Debt in the Presence of Foreign Aid

    Open AccessKarin MayrARTICLEWorld Development2009References: 5

  • Immigration and income redistribution

    Open AccessKarin MayrARTICLEPublic Choice2007Cited by: 6References: 10