Narrow search
Showing 131 - 140 of 67,654
Cover Image
The impact of immigration on the wage distribution in Switzerland
Favre, Sandro - 2011
Recent immigrants in Switzerland are overrepresented at the top of the wage distribution in high and at the bottom in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739161
Cover Image
Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2021
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that women and men shall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319212
Cover Image
Firm-Sponsored General Training in Frictional Labour Markets : An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - 2021
According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319415
Cover Image
Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021
, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321313
Cover Image
Empirical Findings on the Swiss Migration Experience
Straubhaar, Thomas; Golder, Stefan M. - 2021
Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led … Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in population among all OECD countries. This paper analyzes the … migration experience of Switzerland. The analysis centers around two main issues: the economic effects of migration and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321398
Cover Image
Back to work : the effect of a long-term career interruption on subsequent wages in Switzerland
Speiser, Amélie - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 157 (2021) 1, pp. 1-14
This paper measures the effect of a long-term career interruption on wages after re-employment. Using data from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) and a fixed effects estimation method allows us to account for time-constant unobserved heterogeneity. We find a significant wage penalty of about 7% in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422204
Cover Image
The absent rewards of assimilation : how ethnic penalties persist in the Swiss labour market
Auer, Daniel; Fossati, Flavia - In: Journal of economic inequality 17 (2019) 2, pp. 284-299
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224966
Cover Image
The incidence and wage effects of overeducation using the vertical and horizontal mismatch in skills : evidence from Switzerland
Pecoraro, Marco - In: International journal of manpower 37 (2016) 3, pp. 536-555
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590737
Cover Image
Schweizerische Lohnstrukturerhebung ...
Schweiz / Bundesamt für Statistik - Neuchâtel : Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) - 2012-
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102396