Unser theoretisches wie empirisches Wissen über verschiedene korporative Akteure (Staat, Gewerkschaften,Unternehmerverbände etc.) ist sehr unterschiedlich: Während wir im Kontext derindustrial and labour relations-Forschung relativ umfassend über Arbeitnehmer und deren...

Bei der EG ist ebenso wie in Deutschland das Beamtenrecht in jüngster Zeit mit dem Zielreformiert worden, den Leistungsbezug zu verstärken. Während die Beförderung als traditionellvorgesehenes Anreizinstrument auch heute übereinstimmend höchste Bedeutung für dieMotivation der...

It is commonly alleged that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the service sector haspositive consequences for the domestic labor market. This paper shows that this widelyaccepted view does not generally hold...

In einer Reihe von Ländern verlief die Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungsentwicklung in den letztenDekaden weitaus günstiger als in Deutschland. Die Gründe hierfür sind vielfältig. Wenngleich eskeine einfach zu kopierenden Patentrezepte gibt, so zeigen sich doch einige grundlegende...

With decreasing migration costs and fiscal decentralisation on the policy agenda in variousOECD countries, the impact of taxation on migration is of growing interest. Empirical studieson this topic have been limited due to a lack of comparable data in an international contextand a lack of...

In the past decade, Switzerland has experienced a large increase in the number ofindividuals that went into early retirement. This paper takes a look at the determinants of earlyretirement using data from the 2002 Swiss Labor Force Survey that contains an interestingmodule on this topic...

This paper analyzes the effect of job satisfaction on labor turnover by gender usingdata from the first two waves of the Swiss Household Panel (1999 and 2000). The resultsreveal that job satisfaction is a very good predictor of future quits, yet the effect differsbetween men and women: all other...

In the context of an emerging focus on highly skilled migration throughout the OECD area,the question under which circumstances migrants can be expected to be relatively skilled is ofparticular importance. Borjas (1987, 1994) has analysed the relation between the incomedistribution and the...

In this paper, the extent and determinants of coverage in the Swiss occupationalpension scheme (second pillar) and private savings scheme (third pillar) are analysed withdata from the Swiss Labour Force Survey. Estimates for coverage in the second pillar (whichis income-dependent) has, in total,...

This paper analyzes trends in the gender wage gap and occupational segregation inSwitzerland in the years 1991 to 2001 with data from the first 11 waves of the Swiss LaborForce Survey. The results reveal that the gender wage gap is converging at a very slow rateand that if this rate remains...