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Does culture affect unemployment? : evidence from the Röstigraben

Brügger, Beatrix; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009

comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor …

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Tracking and taxing the super-rich : insights from Swiss rich lists

Baselgia, Enea; Martínez, Isabel - 2022

magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … super-rich in Switzerland in ways that were not possible in previous research based largely on tax data. In addition to … literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show that about 60% of the super …

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Wealth-income ratios in free market capitalism : Switzerland, 1900-2020

Baselgia, Enea; Martínez, Isabel - 2022

We estimate the ratio of private wealth to national income, βpt, for Switzerland from 1900 to 2020. Our results … Switzerland's capital friendly policy-making. Since the turn of the century, however, βpt has been on a rapid rise to reach 793 …

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Using rich lists to study the super-rich and top wealth inequality : insights from Switzerland

Baselgia, Enea; Martínez, Isabel - 2024

We present a new data set we built based on Swiss rich lists going back to 1989. We show, among other things, that 60% of the super-rich are heirs-a fraction twice as large as in the US-and that wealth mobility at the very top has declined significantly. We find that top 0.01% wealth shares are...

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How culture shapes choices related to fertility and mortality : causal evidence at the swiss language border

Faessler, Lisa; Lalive, Rafael; Efferson, Charles - 2023

meet this challenge, we exploit a cultural border dividing Switzerland in ways that are independent of institutional …

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Mobility responses to special tax regimes for the super-rich : evidence from Switzerland

Baselgia, Enea; Martínez, Isabel - 2024

We use a novel rich-list data set to estimate the sensitivity of the location choice of superrich foreigners to a special tax regime, under which wealthy foreigners are taxed on their living expenses, rather than their true income and wealth. We are the first to evaluate this controversial Swiss...

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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that "women and men shall...

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