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comprehensive integration policy reform in Switzerland, and using survey data from the Health Monitoring of the Swiss Migrant …
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This study investigates the impact of the social distance between immigrants and Swiss natives on wage inequalities. Social distance is assumed to be high when immigrants come from a different culture, a different education system and speak a different language. By combining these three aspects,...
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-cultural environments of a range of European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK), in the …
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In Switzerland a sudden policy uncertainty shock happened in February 2014 with the close and largely unexpected … acceptance of a referendum aiming at limiting free movement of persons. The referendum requires Switzerland to reintroduce annual … important agreements between Switzerland and the European Union, and reduced expected future domestic demand for firms. This …
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While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for … consequence of the "miracle", but also an important cause, as it created additional jobs in Switzerland by raising local demand …
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We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...
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Between 1999 and 2004 Switzerland opened its border region (BR) to cross-border workers (CBW), who are foreign … residents commuting to Switzerland for work. In this paper, we exploit the timing of implementation and the fact that CBW …
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We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480953