162 records from EconBiz based on author Name

1. Ausbleibender Aufschwung in Europa trübt Perspektiven der Schweizer Wirtschaft

Abberger, Klaus; Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Reinicke, Tim; Seiler, Pascal; Siegrist, Stefanie; Mühlebach, Nina; Martínez, Isabel; Abberger, Klaus; Siegenthaler, Michael; Perakis, Alexis; Daniele, Maurizio; Mikosch, Heiner; Spitznagel, Roxane; Perakis, Alexis; Martínez, Isabel; Martínez, Isabel; Siegenthaler, Michael; Gersbach, Hans; Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Scherer, Merlin;
2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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2. Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries

abstract

We estimate intergenerational mobility of immigrants and their children in fifteen receiving countries. We document large income gaps for first-generation immigrants that diminish in the second generation. Around half of the second-generation gap can be explained by differences in parental income, with the remainder due to differential rates of absolute mobility. The daughters of immigrants enjoy higher absolute mobility than daughters of locals in most destinations, while immigrant sons primarily enjoy this advantage in countries with long histories of immigration. Cross-country differences in absolute mobility are not driven by parental country-of-origin, but instead by destination labor markets and immigration policy.

Boustan, Leah Platt; Manning, Alan; Arellano-Bover, Jaime; Gielen, Anne C.; Hangartner, Dominik; Macmillan, Lindsey; Rapoport, Hillel; Siegenthaler, Michael; Violante, Giovanni L.; Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard; Pérez, Santiago; Åslund, Olof; Giesing, Yvonne; Martínez, Isabel; Roman, Sara; Sirugue, Louis; Webbink, Herman Dinand; Zheng, Angela; Abramitzky, Ran; Watley, Analysia; Connolly, Marie; Govind, Yajna; Karmel, Cecilia; Polo, Alberto; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Soria, Javier; Weber, Andrea; Zohar, Tom; Jácome, Elisa; Adermon, Adrian; Deutscher, Nathan; Halla, Martin; Landaud, Fanny; Poutvaara, Panu; San, Shmuel; Stuhler, Jan; Zhang, Jonathan;
2025
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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3. Die langfristige Entwicklung von Arbeit, Freizeit und Produktivität in der Schweiz

Mergele, Lukas; Kaiser, Boris; Wehrli, Damian; Schönleitner, Tino; Siegenthaler, Michael; Foellmi, Reto;
2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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4. Machbarkeitsstudie: Messung der Wirkungen und des Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnisses der Kurzarbeit während der COVID-19-Krise

Schüpbach, Kristina; Siegenthaler, Michael; Waschk, Johannes;
2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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5. Erholung in Europa stützt Schweizer Wirtschaft

Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Reinicke, Tim; Seiler, Pascal Marcel; Siegrist, Stefanie; Mühlebach, Nina; Martínez, Isabel; Abberger, Klaus; Siegenthaler, Michael; Perakis, Alexis; Daniele, Maurizio; Mikosch, Heiner; Perakis, Alexis; Martínez, Isabel; Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Scherer, Merlin;
2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
Availability: Link

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6. Globale Konjunkturschwäche hemmt Schweizer Wirtschaft

Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Sturma, Jan-Egbert; Reinicke, Tim; Seiler, Pascal; Siegrist, Stefanie; Mühlebach, Nina; Martínez, Isabel; Abberger, Klaus; Siegenthaler, Michael; Perakis, Alexis; Daniele, Maurizio; Mikosch, Heiner; Perakis, Alexis; Martínez, Isabel; Rathke, Alexander; Sarferaz, Samad; Scherer, Merlin;
2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
Availability: Link

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7. The labor market effects of restricting refugees' employment opportunities

abstract

Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test this hypothesis, we leverage refugees' exogenous geographic assignment in Switzerland, within-canton variation in labor market restrictions, and linked register data 1999-2016. We document large negative employment and earnings effects of banning refugees from working in the first months after arrival, from working in certain sectors and regions, and from prioritizing residents over refugees. Consistent with an effect of outside options on wages, removing 10% of jobs reduces refugees' hourly wages by 2.8% and increases the wage gap to similar host-country citizens in similar jobs by 2.2%. Furthermore, we show that restrictions reduce refugees' earnings even after they cease applying. Restrictions do not spur refugee emigration nor improve earnings of non-refugee immigrants.

Ahrens, Achim; Beerli, Andreas; Hangartner, Dominik; Kurer, Selina; Siegenthaler, Michael;
2023
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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8. Train drain? : access to foreign workers and firms' provision of training

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Does better access to foreign workers reduce firms' willingness to provide general skills training to unskilled workers? We analyze how the opening of the Swiss labor market to workers from the European Union affected the number of apprenticeship positions that firms provide. We exploit that the availability of foreign workers increased more in firms close to the border because they gained unrestricted access to cross-border workers from Switzerland's neighboring countries. Our Difference-in-Differences estimates suggest that firm-provided training to unskilled workers and access to foreign workers are not necessarily substitutes: opening the borders did not have a statistically significant effect on apprenticeship provision. Using unique data on firms' costs and motives to train apprentices, we show that the greater availability of foreign workers reduced firms' incentive to train because hiring skilled workers externally became cheaper, among others because new hires became more productive from the start. Positive impacts on firm growth worked in the opposite direction.

Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther; Siegenthaler, Michael;
2023
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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9. The labor market effects of restricting refugees' employment opportunities

abstract

Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test this hypothesis, we leverage refugees' exogenous geographic assignment in Switzerland, within-canton variation in labor market restrictions, and linked register data 1999-2016. We document large negative employment and earnings effects of banning refugees from working in the first months after arrival, from working in certain sectors and regions, and from prioritizing residents over refugees. Consistent with an effect of outside options on wages, removing 10% of jobs reduces refugees' hourly wages by 2.8% and increases the wage gap to similar host-country citizens in similar jobs by 2.2%. Furthermore, we show that restrictions reduce refugees' earnings even after they cease applying. Restrictions do not spur refugee emigration nor improve earnings of non-refugee immigrants.

Ahrens, Achim; Beerli, Andreas; Hangartner, Dominik; Kurer, Selina; Siegenthaler, Michael;
2023
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
Availability: Link Link Link

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10. Prognose 2023/2024 : milder Winter dämpft Rezessionsängste

Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Rathke, Alexander; Abberger, Klaus; Abrahamsen, Yngve; Anderes, Marc; Daniele, Maurizio; Graff, Michael; Kronenberg, Philipp; Martínez, Isabel; Mikosch, Heiner; Mühlebach, Nina; Reinicke, Tim; Sarferaz, Samad; Seiler, Pascal; Siegenthaler, Michael; Siegrist, Stefanie; Streicher, Sina;
2023
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
Availability: Link

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