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) system in Switzerland, which has recently received substantial attention across Europe. We argue that, holding everything … approach to test whether growing knowledge of the education system increases the social status of dual VET in Switzerland. Our … stay in Switzerland, thus reflecting their learning process about the Swiss education system. …
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A sudden change in monetary policy happened in Switzerland on January 15th, 2015. The Swiss National Bank removed a …
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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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This paper examines the effect of local political decision-making institutions (i.e., direct democracy vs. representative democracy) on citizens' preferences toward public spending. Exogenous variation in institutions comes from a regression discontinuity design, which exploits a discrete change...
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This paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over … higher for women than for men, in rural than in urban areas, and for students with a parent born in Switzerland than for … find that the social status of VET is higher in the French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland than in the German …
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This paper studies the effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland hosts three major …
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scrutinise the composition of one of the most influential economic indicators in Switzerland. The Purchasing Managers' Index …
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the quarterly real GDP growth rate in Switzerland. …
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This paper examines the linkages between real exchange rate movements and firms' skill demand. Real exchange rate movements may affect unskilled workers differently than skilled workers because of skill-specific adjustment costs, or because exchange rates lead to changes in relative factor...
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Switzerland is famous for its vocational education and training (VET) system. This article describes Switzerland …'s dilemma, but Switzerland has managed to sidestep that issue and minimize concerns about poaching. Finally, we discuss what …
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