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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and Their Children in Switzerland

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  • Thomas Liebig

    (OECD)

  • Sebastian Kohls

    (OECD)

  • Karolin Krause

    (OECD)

Abstract

Switzerland is among the OECD countries with the largest immigrant populations – 27% of the working-age population are foreign-born – and the issue of immigration is high on both the policy agenda and in the public debate. Given the numerous debates around this issue in Switzerland, one could be tempted to think that immigrants are less well integrated than in other countries...

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  • Thomas Liebig & Sebastian Kohls & Karolin Krause, 2012. "The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and Their Children in Switzerland," OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 128, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:elsaab:128-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9fjjs1m2d2-en
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    1. Delia Pisoni, 2018. "Between Idealism and Pragmatism: Social Policies and Matthew Effect in Vocational Education and Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Switzerland," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 289-300.
    2. Philipp Aerni, 2021. "Decentralized Economic Complexity in Switzerland and Its Contribution to Inclusive and Sustainable Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-18, April.
    3. Philipp Schnell & Rosita Fibbi, 2016. "Getting Ahead: Educational and Occupational Trajectories of the ‘New’ Second-Generation in Switzerland," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 1085-1107, November.
    4. Gina Potarca & Laura Bernardi, 2018. "Mixed marriages in Switzerland: A test of the segmented assimilation hypothesis," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 38(48), pages 1457-1494.
    5. Elena Gentili & Fabrizio Mazzonna, 2024. "What drives the substitutability between native and foreign workers? Evidence about the role of language," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 91(361), pages 210-237, January.
    6. Eleftherios Giovanis, 2022. "The effects of international migration on well-being of natives and immigrants: evidence from Germany, Switzerland and the UK," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(6), pages 1-33, June.
    7. Fossati, Flavia & Liechti, Fabienne & Auer, Daniel, 2020. "Can signaling assimilation mitigate hiring discrimination? Evidence from a survey experiment," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 65, pages 1-1.
    8. Kohler, Pierre, 2012. "Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture," MPRA Paper 38129, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Julie Lacroix & Elena Vidal-Coso, 2019. "Differences in Labor Supply by Birthplace and Family Composition in Switzerland: the Role of Human Capital and Household Income," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 659-684, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • J8 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards

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