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Does Subsidized Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Stieger, Heidi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

schemes of subsidized temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …

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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by non-parametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...

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Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2009

Foellmi, Reto; Martínez, Isabel Z. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and ….01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland similar to European countries for the top 1 percent group but closer to the … suggests that labor incomes have become more important among top income earners in Switzerland. This is in line with findings …

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International Portfolio Holdings and Swiss Franc Asset Returns

Kugler, Peter; Weder di Mauro, Beatrice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper revisits the puzzle of low returns on Swiss franc assets using a new dataset of international portfolio holdings at Swiss banks. The main findings are as follows. First, we find that the return anomaly is present only for fixed income assets and not for equity. Second, it is mostly...

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Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials?

Brülhart, Marius; Jametti, Mario; Schmidheiny, Kurt - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Low corporate taxes can help attract new firms. This is the main mechanism underpinning the standard 'race-to-the-bottom' view of tax competition. A recent theoretical literature has qualified this view by formalizing the argument that agglomeration forces can reduce firms' sensitivity to tax...

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Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...

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Competition Policy in Switzerland

Neven, Damien J; von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper provides a critical review of competition policy in Switzerland. We analyse the legal statute, the …

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Structural Adjustment, Efficiency, and Economic Growth

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper is intended to make four main points that are relevant for previously planned economies in transition to a market economy. First, national output can be increased by reducing or eliminating relative price distortions through price reform and free trade and by thus enhancing...

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Neoclassical Growth and Commodity Trade

Cuñat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We construct and numerically solve a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model in which the initial distribution of production factors in the world makes worldwide factor price equalization impossible, and leads countries to group in two diversification cones. We study the dynamics of income per capita and...

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Natural Resources and Economic Growth: From Dependence to Diversification

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper reviews the relationship between natural resource dependence and economic growth, and stresses how natural capital intensity tends to crowd out foreign capital, social capital, human capital, physical capital, and financial capital, thereby impeding economic growth across countries....

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