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In this paper we investigate empirically, first, the characteristics of the firms that reduced their ICT investment due to the 2008 crisis, particularly the firms' ICT-related characteristics in terms of ICT budget, skills and applications used. The analysis of the ICT characteristics that may...
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The increase in unemployment to relatively high levels for Switzerland in the 1990s gave rise to two fears: First, that … ; Beschäftigung ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Schweiz …
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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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