Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at only …, as well as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …

Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at … as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of … unemployment of the non-sanctioned. This can be taken as evidence of a strong ex-ante effect of a strict sanction policy. …

Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by … making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we …