In a pioneering attempt we present the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. We evaluate its predictive ability of …

In this study we construct the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. To the best of our knowledge, this has never …

constructed for Germany and Switzerland. We use these indices in order to track the business cycle dynamics in these two countries … Switzerland. Third, we show that the RWI-based forecasts are more accurate than the consensus forecasts (published by Consensus … Economics Inc.) for Switzerland, whereas we reach the opposite conclusion for Germany. In fact, the accuracy of the consensus …

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 …

We estimate the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of resident employees in Switzerland, whose …

The discussion about the long-run evolution of labor productivity in Switzerland is flawed because the available data … series of total hours worked covering 1950-2010. The new data indicates that hours worked in Switzerland have been nearly … consequence, Switzerland's performance in terms of labor productivity growth has been underestimated in previous work …

We estimate the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of resident employees in Switzerland, whose …