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Can a standardized aptitude test predict training success of apprentices? : evidence from a case study in Switzerland
Siegenthaler, Michael - 2011
From a theoretical perspective, the output gap is probably the most comprehensive and convincing concept to describe the cyclical position of an economy. Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the concept depends on the determination of potential output, which is an inherently unobservable...
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Has Switzerland really been marked by low productivity growth? : hours worked and labor productivity in Switzerland in a long-run perspective
Siegenthaler, Michael - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 61 (2015) 2, pp. 353-372
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427648
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The skill-biased effects of exchange rate fluctuations
Kaiser, Boris; Siegenthaler, Michael - 2015
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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A real time evaluation of employment forecasts in Switzerland
Graff, Michael; Mannino, Massimo; Siegenthaler, Michael - 2012
We evaluate nowcasts and one- to four-quarter-ahead forecasts of Swiss full time equivalent jobs from 1998–2011, comparing forecasts of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute and of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs with the outcome of the reference series. Both forecasts are biased...
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Das Personenfreizügigkeitsabkommen Schweiz-EU/EFTA und das Wachstum des BIP pro Kopf in der Schweiz : Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamtes für Migration (BFM)
Siegenthaler, Michael; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2012
Dieser Bericht beleuchtet, wie das Personenfreizügigkeitsabkommen (FZA) der Schweiz mit den EU/EFTA-Staaten das … Einkommenswachstum in der Schweiz in den letzten Jahren beeinflusst hat. Der Bericht verfolgt das Ziel, Klarheit in die in der … Bruttoinlandprodukts (BIP) pro Kopf der Bevölkerung in der Schweiz gehabt hat. Aus den Analysen lässt sich vor allem ein genereller Schluss …
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Do immigrants take or create residents' jobs? : quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland
Basten, Christoph; Siegenthaler, Michael - 2013 - This version: May 2013
We estimate the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of resident employees in Switzerland, whose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757268
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Do immigrants take or create residents jobs? : quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland ; conference paper
Basten, Christoph; Siegenthaler, Michael - 2013 - This version: May 2013
We estimate the causal effect of immigration on unemployment, employment and wages of resident employees in Switzerland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342243
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The productivity deficit of the knowledge-intensive business service industries in Switzerland : Schwerpunktthema: Wachstum der Schweizer Volkswirtschaft
Kaiser, Boris; Siegenthaler, Michael - Schweiz / Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, …; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441489
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Characteristics and drivers of the Swiss "job miracle"
Siegenthaler, Michael; Graff, Michael; Mannino, Massimo - In: Review of economics 67 (2016) 1, pp. 53-89
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The effect of policy uncertainty on investment plans : evidence from the unexpected acceptance of a far-reaching referendum in Switzerland
Abberger, Klaus; Dibiasi, Andreas; Siegenthaler, Michael; … - 2016 - This version: May 2016
examining the effects of an unexpectedly accepted and farreaching referendum in Switzerland in February 2014. The vote has put … several economically relevant agreements between Switzerland and its main trading partner, the European Union, at stake. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458466