Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223611 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 402v2 [Publisher:] Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2020
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at around 4%. The rate has remained at that level since the year 2000, despite a massive increase in the foreign labor force, the Great Recession, and a currency appreciation shock, demonstrating the Swiss labor market's impressive resiliency. However, challenges do exist, particularly related to earnings and employment gaps between foreign and native workers, as well as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant.
Subjects: 
unemployment
real earnings
labor force participation
Switzerland
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Article

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