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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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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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Taxing wealth : evidence from Switzerland

Brülhart, Marius; Gruber, Jonathan; Krapf, Matthias; … - 2016

We study the effects of wealth taxation on reported wealth. Our analysis is based on data for Switzerland, which has …

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Behavioral responses to wealth taxes : evidence from Switzerland

Brülhart, Marius; Gruber, Jonathan; Krapf, Matthias; … - 2019

Switzerland, the country with the highest revenue share of annual wealth taxation in the OECD, we find that a 1 percentage point …

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The corporate elasticity of taxable income : event study evidence from Switzerland

Krapf, Matthias; Staubli, David - 2020

system of corporate taxation in Switzerland. We find that an increase in a jurisdiction's corporate net-of-tax rate by 1 …

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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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