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Immigration and Public Spending
Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We examine the effect of immigration on public spending from a theoretical (political economic) and an empirical … immigration increases or decreases public spending primarily depends on native’s preferences for private versus public good … spending. We empirically test our theoretical hypotheses, the ‘fiscal effect’ and the ‘anti-social effect’ of immigration using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700970
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Immigration and Voting on the Size and the Composition of Public Spending
Mayr, Karin - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 69 (2013) 2, pp. 135-147
This paper analyzes the effects of immigration by skill on the outcome of a majority vote among natives on both the … on nonrival goods (public goods). I find that the effect of immigration on total public spending depends both on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660021
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Immigration and voting on the size and the composition of public spending
Mayr, Karin - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
This paper develops a model to analyze the effects of immigration by skill on the outcome of a majority vote among … goods (transfers) and on non-rival goods (public goods). I find that the effect of immigration on public spending depends on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131030
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Immigration and public spending
Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005
We examine the effect of immigration on public spending from a theoretical (political economic) and an empirical … immigration increases or decreases public spending primarily depends on native’s preferences for private versus public good … spending. We empirically test our theoretical hypotheses, the `fiscal effect’ and the `anti-social effect’ of immigration using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627262
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Immigration and voting on the size and the composition of public spending
Mayr, Karin - University of Vienna, Department of Economics - 2010
This paper develops a model to analyze the effects of immigration by skill on the outcome of a majority vote among … spending are crucial for the effects of immigration. In particular, immigrants of either skill can increase (decrease) the size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790276
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Baumol’s cost disease and the sustainability of the welfare state
Andersen, Torben M; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
If productivity increases more slowly for services than for manufactured goods, then services suffer from Baumol’s cost disease and tend to become relatively more costly over time. Since the welfare state in all countries is an important supplier of tax financed services, this translates into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084168
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Straßenverkehrssicherheit als wichtige Voraussetzung für nachhaltige Mobilität
Assing, Kai; Höhnscheid, Karl-Josef; Kranz, Thomas; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 79 (2010) 2, pp. 61-76
Road safety forms a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable mobility. Road accidents have an effect on the performance of the road traffic system and also bind resources. Therefore, apart from ethical aspects, road accidents have an enormous influence on the social acceptability of road traffic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671266
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Public Expenditure Management in France
Burns, Andrew; Goglio, Alessandro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Since the early 1990s, when France's general government deficit reached a disturbing 6 per cent of GDP, the country's public finances have progressed substantially, even though significantly further improvement is required. This paper examines the tools available to policy-makers to meet this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045837
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Strengthening the Management of Public Spending in Hungary
Cekota, Jaromir; Gönenç, Rauf; Yoo, Kwang-Yeol - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
This paper analyses the Hungarian public expenditure system and develops policy-oriented recommendations for its improvement. Despite substantial progress achieved in the management of public finances over the 1990s, the level of public expenditure and taxation relative to national income has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045885
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Public Expenditure Management in Poland
Burns, Andrew; Yoo, Kwang-Yeol - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
This paper assesses the public expenditure system in Poland and the scope for its reform. Though a number of important steps to control the future evolution of spending, such as pension reform and healthcare reform, have already made in Poland, much more needs to be done. Indeed budget...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046109