Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

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The effect of a strict facial-mask policy on the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland during the early phase of the pandemic

Nussli, Emanuel; Hediger, Simon; Spohn, Meta-Lina; Maathuis, Marloes H.

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-024-00119-0

During several weeks in the second half of the year 2020, the cantons of Switzerland could choose to adopt the government-determined facial-mask policy, corresponding to mandatory facial-mask wearing on public transport, or a strict facial-mask policy, corresponding to mandatory facial-mask...

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Inequality in opportunity of access to antenatal care in Cameroon: multilevel modelling, spatial analysis and decomposition methods

Youmbi, Anne Darline; Nono, Betrand Fesuh; Akono, Christian Zamo

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-024-00121-6

In Cameroon, major inequalities exist in women’s access to antenatal care (ANC), yet underlying circumstance drivers remain understudied. Using recently available Demographic and Health Survey data, we conducted multilevel model and spatial analyses to identify circumstance factors driving ANC...

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What wages do people expect for vocational and academic education backgrounds in Switzerland?

Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-023-00118-7

Correctly anticipating the earnings for different education profiles is pivotal in making informed education decisions. In this paper, leveraging unique survey data, we study the wage expectations for academic and vocational education backgrounds in Switzerland. Personal reference points matter...

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The macro-financial effects of Climate Policy Risk: evidence from Switzerland

Berthold, Brendan

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-024-00122-5

This paper quantifies empirically the macroeconomic and financial effects of Climate Policy Risk (CPR) in Switzerland. To do so, I develop a new CPR index using text analysis techniques on a large dataset of Swiss media articles. The identification of CPR shocks is achieved by using narrative...

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Working from home is here to stay, but how does it affect workplace learning?

Morlet, Guillaume M. A.; Bolli, Thomas

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-024-00123-4

This paper analyses how working from home affects workplace learning in terms of theoretical and practical knowledge during COVID19. We employ panel data gathered in monthly surveys of respondents in training companies between October 2020 and March 2022 to investigate this question. Apprentices...

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Capturing Swiss economic confidence

Wegmueller, Philipp; Glocker, Christian

2024 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

doi:10.1186/s41937-024-00120-7

Survey data can offer timely information on the current state of the economy and its short-term outlook. In this paper, we propose a “Swiss Economic Confidence Index” (SEC). This is a monthly indicator based on aggregating a selection of individual survey indicators, which we show to have...

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