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Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?

Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Uhlig, Roman - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 155 (2019) 17, pp. 1-15

In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as an important mechanism for easing their economic and social lot in the short as well as in the long term. However, little is known about the policies that foster or hamper...

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The Effects of Immigration on Wages: An Application of the Structural Skill-Cell Approach

Gerfin, Michael; Kaiser, Boris - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 709-739

This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This … immigration inflows, we follow the "structural skill-cell approach" as for example employed by Borjas (2003) and Ottaviano and … on domestic wages using the actual immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008. For the long run, the simulations produce some …

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Who Opposes Immigrants' Integration into the Labor Market? The Swiss Case

Müller, Tobias; Tai, Silvio H. T. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 741-767

-worker system is preferred to a non-discriminatory immigration regime and why measures to improve the integration of low …

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Immigration and Swiss House Prices

Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 153 (2017) 1, pp. 15-36

This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices in relation to immigration flows for 85 regions from 2001 to … 2006. The results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price … inflation and modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1 % of an area’s population is coincident with an …

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Migration and Trade Union Rights

Baudassé, Thierry; Bazillier, Rémi - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 677-707

We study in this paper both theoretically and empirically the influence of trade union rights in origin countries on bilateral migration flows. Theoretically, trade union rights are supposed to increase the bargaining power of workers. Alternatively, it may benefit only to formal workers if...

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Free Mobility with the EU and Immigration of North American Brains to Switzerland: What Consequences?

Gross, Dominique M. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 148 (2012) 4, pp. 497-530

In 2002, Switzerland started to implement free mobility with the European Union and simultaneously immigration rules … legislation has strongly adversely affected the size of high-skill immigration from North America. Also, incentives to leave those …

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Diaspora Effects in International Migration: Key Questions and Methodological Issues

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 639-659

main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the …

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Skilled Migration and Economic Performances: Evidence from OECD Countries

Orefice, Gianluca - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 781-820

This paper investigates the effects of immigration flows and their human capital content on per capita GDP variation in … to make light on this. So we propose an empirical estimation on the effects of immigrants and their human capital content …

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Free Migration between the EU and Switzerland: Impacts on the Swiss Economy and Implications for Monetary Policy

Stalder, Peter - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (2010) 4, pp. 821-874

The agreement with the European Union on liberalized migration had sizable effects on the Swiss economy. Simulations with a macroeconometric model show that the agreement mitigated the incidence of labor shortages and stimulated business investment, giving rise to an increased growth potential....

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The term structure, leading indicators, and recessions: Evidence from Switzerland, 1974-2017

Stuart, Rebecca - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 156 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17

This paper studies the predictive power for recessions of the slope of the Swiss term structure using monthly data for 1974-2017. Dynamic probit models indicate that the term structure contains information useful for predicting recessions for horizons up to 19 months. Whether the economy is...

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