took place and trace back the development of wage labor within agriculture, industry and service sector. In particular, the …-industrial time the social organization of work occurred in various forms and that wage labor was rather a rare phenomenon in the … beginning of the 19th century. Hence, a widespread and functioning labor market cannot be identified at that time. Rudimentary …

The increase in unemployment to relatively high levels for Switzerland in the 1990s gave rise to two fears: First, that … unemployment, i.e. the rate of employment that prevails even in favourable economic conditions, is on an increasing trend. This … "equilibrium" rate of unemployment exhibit a large spread and tend to follow actual rates. Our judgement is, that its increase over …