@techreport{Straubhaar1999Empirical,
abstract = {Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after
World War II, which has led Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in
population among all OECD countries. This paper analyses the migration experience of
Switzerland. The analysis centres around two main issues: the economic effects of migration
and the labour market performance of immigrants. Two main results emerge from our study.
First, as a result of the shortcomings of the Swiss migration policy, immigrants tend to have
a negative impact on the Swiss economy. Second, the analysis of the labour market
performance shows that there are substantial discrepancies in the performance between
immigrants from different countries of origin. Immigrants from Northern European countries
largely outperform immigrants from Southern European and Non-European countries. On
the basis of the empirical analysis, this study finally outlines some reform options for the
Swiss migration policy.},
author = {Thomas Straubhaar and Stefan M. Golder},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F22; D33; J31; J24; J61; 330; Factor income distribution; international migration; labor productivity; wage differentials; immigrant workers; Internationale Wanderung; Internationale Arbeitsmobilit\"{a}t; Migrationspolitik; Ausl\"{a}ndische Arbeitskr\"{a}fte; Lohnstruktur; Arbeitsproduktivit\"{a}t; Einkommensverteilung; Sch\"{a}tzung; Schweiz},
language = {eng},
number = {40},
title = {Empirical Findings on the Swiss Migration Experience},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20878},
year = {1999}
}
