analyzing how firms in Switzerland were affected by the introduction of the free movement of persons with the European Union (EU …) countries. This immigration reform granted all EU workers free access to the Swiss labor market. Our firm-level panel data …

What affects native support for immigration? At a time of rising anti-immigration sentiments, this is a question raised … reduces pro-immigration vote shares in municipalities with a relatively low-skilled native population. The negative response …

In Switzerland a sudden policy uncertainty shock happened in February 2014 with the close and largely unexpected … acceptance of a referendum aiming at limiting free movement of persons. The referendum requires Switzerland to reintroduce annual … important agreements between Switzerland and the European Union, and reduced expected future domestic demand for firms. This …

wichtigsten Migrationsländer Europas ausgewertet: Deutschland, Frankreich, Holland, England, Schweden, Österreich, Schweiz, Polen …

Switzerland implemented an immigration quota system to manage the inflow of immigration between 1970 and 2002. This … Switzerland, but had no impact on unemployment. Moreover, such immigration restriction lowered the average skill level of the … potential endogeneity issue. The author finds that the immigration quota system slowed down the growth of foreign population in …

This meta-study investigates recent research on the effects of immigration on the welfare state in Austria, Germany and … Switzerland. Due to the 2015 arrival of high numbers of refugees into Europe, the focus is on studies about asylum seekers …

This working paper describes the legal and policy situation of immigrants in Switzerland 1995 to 2010. It makes use of …