KARIN MAYR
Department of Economics, University of Vienna
Address: 1090 Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, Austria. Phone: +43 1 4277 37426. E-mail: [email protected]. Webpage:http://homepage.univie.ac.at/karin.mayr.
CURRENT AND PAST ACADEMIC POSITIONS
University of Vienna (Austria), Department of Economics, Privatdozentin since 2013 University of Vienna, Department of Economics (Austria), Assistant Professor since 2009 University of Linz, Department of Economics (Austria), Assistant Professor 2004 - 2009 University of Linz, Department of Economics (Austria), Research and Teaching
Assistant 2000 - 2004
ACADEMIC VISITING POSITIONS
University College London, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (UK) 03/2010 University of California, Davis, Department of Economics (US), Schrödinger Fellowship 2007 - 2008 Trinity College Dublin, Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) (Ireland) 02/2007 University of Warwick, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) (UK),
Marie Curie Fellowship 09/2002 - 05/2003
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
Habilitation in Economics, University of Vienna 10/2013 Dr. rer. soc. oec. (equiv. PhD in Economics), University of Linz (Austria), with distinction 2000 - 2004 European Science Days Summer School, Steyr (Austria) 07/2002 London School of Economics Summer School (UK) 07 - 08/2001 Mag. rer. soc. oec. (equiv. MA in Economics), University of Linz (Austria), with distinction 1994 - 2000 Studies in law, University of Linz (Austria) 1994 - 2000 Erasmus Visiting Student, Université de Nice (France) 02 - 07/1997
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Economics, Political Economics, Labor Economics, International Migration and Development Eco-nomics
MONOGRAPH
"On the Fiscal Impact of Immigration", Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Serie V, Economics and Management, Vol. 3109, Frankfurt am Main, 2005.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDITED VOLUMES
"Die ökonomischen Auswirkungen von internationaler Migration", in: H. Fassmann und J. Dahlvik (eds.), "Migrations- und Integrationsforschung - multidisziplinäre Perspektiven", 2. Auflage, Vienna University Press, 2012.
"Work, Economic Situation and Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Host Society", in: International Or-ganisation for Migration, "Illegal Immigration in Austria", Austrian contribution to the European Research Study Project II "Illegally Resident Third Country Nationals in the EU Member States: State Approaches Towards Them and Their Profile and Social Situation", 2005.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Unemployment of Immigrants and Natives over the Business Cycle: Evidence from the Austrian Labor Market" (with Nora Prean), conditionally accepted atCESifo Economic Studies.
"The Selection of Migrants and Returnees in Romania: Evidence and Long-Run Implications" (with William Ambrosini, Giovanni Peri and Dragos Radu),Economics of Transition, forthcoming.
"Skill-biased Technological Change, Unemployment and Brain Drain" (with Harald Fadinger),Journal of the European Economic Association,12/2, 397-431, 2014.
"Immigration and Voting on the Size and the Composition of Public Spending", FinanzArchiv/Public Fi-nance Analysis,69/2, 2013.
"Policies on Illegal Immigration in a Federation" (with Steffen Minter and Tim Krieger),Regional Science and Urban Economics,42/1-2, 153-165, 2012.
"Optimal Deficit and Debt in the Presence of Foreign Aid",World Development,38/1, 19-27, 2010.
"Brain Drain and Brain Return: Theory and Application to Eastern-Western Europe" (with Giovanni Peri), Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press,9/1, 2009.
"Immigration and Income Redistribution - A Political Economy Analysis",Public Choice,131/1, 101-116, 2007.
"The Fiscal Impact of Immigrants in Austria - A Generational Accounting Analysis",Empirica,32, 181-216, 2005.
"A. Kemnitz: Immigration, Unemployment and Domestic Welfare”, Journal of Economics,91/3, 297-299, 2007.
"T. Boeri, Herbert Brücker, et al. (eds.): Brain Drain and Brain Gain: The Global Competition to Attract High-Skilled Migrants, Oxford University Press", LSE Review of Books, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk, 2012.
POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS
"Immigration: Auswirkungen auf Arbeitsmarkt und öffentliche Finanzen", Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 53/2, 2006.
"Immigration und öffentliche Finanzen aus polit-ökonomischer Sicht", Wirtschafts- und sozialpolitische Zeitschrift des Instituts für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (WISO),29/2, 2006.
"Increasing Labour Supply Through Economic Migration - Comments and Statements", Mutual Learn-ing Programme of the European Employment Strategy, European Commission-DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, 2005.
WORKING PAPERS
"Birthplace Diversity and Productivity Spill-overs in Firms" (with René Böheim and Thomas Horvath), Working Paper 1403, University of Vienna, Department of Economics,submitted.
"Return Migration and Illegal Immigration Control" (with Alexander Kemnitz), Working Paper 1208, Uni-versity of Vienna, Department of Economics and NORFACE Migration Discussion Paper 2012-40, submit-ted.
"Occupation-Specific Immigration Quotas in Political Equilibrium", Working Paper 1207, University of Vienna, Department of Economics, 2012,submitted.
MEDIA MENTIONS
The Economist, 26 May 2011, Economic Focus (English). Der Standard, 2004, Die Presse, 2004 (German).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
NFN Labor Economics and Welfare State Workshop (Vienna 2014), Royal Economic Society Annual Con-ference (Royal Holloway 2013, Cambridge 2012), Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) Annual Meeting (Innsbruck 2013, Linz 2009, Innsbruck 2005), Public Economic Theory (PET) Annual Conference (Lisbon 2013, Hanoi 2006, Marseille 2005), TEMPO Migration Conference (Nottingham 2013, Nuremberg 2012), NORFACE Migration Conference (Berlin 2013, Mannheim 2012), FIW-Research Conference in Interna-tional Economics (Vienna 2012), World Bank Conference on Migration and Development (Paris 2012), CEMIR conference on International Migration (Munich 2012), European Economic Association Annual Conference (Oslo 2011, Barcelona 2009, Milan 2008), IZA Workshop on Legal and Illicit Immigration
(Bonn 2010), IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development (Bonn 2009), Western Eco-nomic Association Annual Conference (Waikiki 2008), Conference on Globalization and the Brain Drain (Ramat-Gan and Jerusalem 2008), Public Choice Society Annual Meeting (Amsterdam 2007, New Orleans 2006), European Public Choice Society Annual Meeting (Turku 2006), IZA Annual Migration Meeting (Bonn 2006), International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) Annual Conference (Paphos 2006), Peer Re-view of the European Employment Strategy (Dublin 2005)
INVITED SEMINARS
University of Salzburg, University of Linz, University of Hannover, University of Graz, KNOMAD World Bank Seminar (Ottawa), University of Heidelberg, University of Vienna, University of Reading, Univer-sity of Innsbruck, UniverUniver-sity of Frankfurt, Vienna Graduate School of Economics (VGSE) (3x), Technical University of Dresden, PH Seminar Salzburg, University College London, Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Linz (Neufelden 2010, 2008, 2005 and 2004), Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University of Vienna, UC San Diego, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), Institute for Interna-tional Economic Studies (WIIW) (2x), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Trinity College Dublin, University of Paderborn, UC Davis, University of Innsbruck, University of Tübingen, University of Warwick
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Vienna
Development Economics (in English), MA lecture and seminar 2010-2013 (Winter) Public Spending and Taxation (in English), MA lecture and seminar 2013-2014 (Summer) Topics in Public Economics (in English), MA lecture and seminar 2012 (Summer and Winter) Finanzwissenschaft, MA lecture for law students 2010 (Winter) - 2011 (Winter) Topics in Public Finance (in English), BA lecture and seminar 2009-2011 (Summer) Migration and Development Economics (in English), BA lecture and seminar 2009 (Winter)
University of Linz
Public Economics (MA): Steuern und Staatsausgaben (in German) 2002 - 2008 Public Economics (BA): Marktwirtschaft und Staat (in German) 2001 - 2006 Macroeconomics (BA): Einkommen, Inflation und Arbeitslosigkeit (in German) 2000 - 2001
PROJECT GRANTS
The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State (National Research Net-work), Austrian Science Fund, 2008-2014, co-applicant of the sub-group population (project leader: Josef Zweimüller), EUR 2.4 mn in total
"Migration and Labor Market Outcomes in Sending and ’Southern’ Receiving Countries", World Bank, 2009-2010, co-applicant (project leader: Giovanni Peri), USD 500.000 in total
"Temporary Migration, Integration and the Role of Policies" (TEMPO), NORFACE Research Programme Migration in Europe, 2009-2013, team leader (principal investigator: Giovanni Facchini), EUR 157.000
OTHER GRANTS, AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Grant from the Heinrich Graf Hardegg’sche Doktorenstiftung 2009 Schrödinger Research Scholarship for the University of Davis (US), Austrian Science Fund 2007
Scharinger Prize for Dissertations 2004
Invitation to the last-round interview for a position in the Economist Program at the International
Mon-etary Fund (IMF) 2004
Marie Curie Research Scholarship for the University of Warwick (UK), European Commission 2002 Grant for excellent student performance, University of Linz 1999 Scholarship for thesis-related research at the London School of Economics (UK), University of Linz 1999
ACADEMIC SERVICE
STUDENT ADVISING
Bachelor thesis(University of Vienna): Alexander Rabas, Karl Ewald, Lisa Schönenberger, Hanno Lorenz, Özlem Sener, Philipp Poyntner, Fabienne Frauendorfer, Michael Berger, Georg Kanitsar, Alexander Kiefer Master thesis(University of Vienna): Judith Saurer, Daniela Rroshi, Paul Baumgartner
PhD thesis(University of Vienna): Nora Prean REFEREEING
Journals: American Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Economics, CESifo Economic Studies, Demography, Economica, Economic Journal, Education Economics, Empirica (2x), European Economic Review (2x), FinanzArchiv (2x), International Economic Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics (3x), Journal of the European Economic Association (2x), Labour, Labour Economics, Public Choice (3x), Regional Science and Urban Economics (2x), Review of Development Economics, Review of International Economics (2x), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
Other: Young Economist Award of the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) 2012, Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) Annual Conference 2013, Verein für Socialpolitik Annual Conference 2014, FIW Conference ’International Economics’ 2014
SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
Scientific Committee Member: 3rd TEMPO Conference on International Migration, Nuremberg (11/2012)
Seminar Co-Organiser: Applied Economics Seminar Series, University of Vienna (10/2009 - 06/2011)
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC SOCIETIES AND NETWORKS
American Economic Association, Austrian Economic Association, European Economic Association, Euro-pean Migration Network at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State
POLICY-RELATED WORK
Member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the KNOMAD (Global Knowledge Partnership on Migra-tion and Development) project on migraMigra-tion and integraMigra-tion, World Bank (since 2014)
Expert, Peer Review and Assessment in Social Inclusion, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Op-portunities, European Commission (since 2005)
Expert, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, European Commission (2005)
LANGUAGES
German (native), English (fluent), French (working knowledge)