In this paper we develop a framework to value public investments with the purpose of increasing bicycling that explicitly accounts internal costs of bicycling, which are typically neglected in current established approaches that value bicycle spending by means of gross health benefits alone, as...

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyzes based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...

The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their apprenticeship on the basis of the productive contribution of the work they perform. Given this outcome, it is worth...

This paper describes a Wardropian traffic flow model integrated with a search model for paid parking. The occupancy rate influences the probability of finding on-street (curbside) or off-street (garage) parking spaces. We formulate the model as a mixed complementarity problem, which has the...

Eine nachhaltige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsmarktentwicklung stellt - insbesondere für wachsende Stadtregionen - eine Herausforderung dar. Das Beispiel Zürich zeigt, wie ambitionierte Nachhaltigkeitsziele verfolgt werden können. Unter der Maßgabe einer 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft, die anstrebt, den...

How do ETH alumni fare in the world of work? How satisfied are they with their job and how much do they earn? Do they think that they perform interesting tasks? How many are in a leadership position? And are there differences between female and male graduates? This report answers these and...