The fiscal impact of immigrants in Austria - A generational accounting analysis

Empirica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-216

  Mayr, Karin ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fiscal imbalance; Generational accounting; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; IMMIGRATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20344378436     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-005-1758-3     Document Type: Article

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