Cantonal and Regional Unemployment in Switzerland: A Dynamic Macroeconomic Panel Analysis
Journal
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik
ISSN
0303-9692
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2000
Author(s)
Feld, Lars
;
Savioz, Marcel
Abstract
In this paper, factors explaining the regional disparity of unemployment in Switzerland at the level of the Swiss states (cantons) and labor market regions over time are examined. We estimate a dynamic panel using particularly suited estimation techniques in order to find out to what extent existing estimation results are robust to the econometric specification. We find that particularly high tax burdens increase cantonal unemployment, the number of foreign workers is positively correlated with unemployment and human capital investment reduces unemployment.
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Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Lang
Publisher place
Bern
Volume
136
Number
3
Start page
463
End page
483
Pages
21
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
14948