Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76145 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 0309
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
The paper analyzes the effect of mother tongue on labor market outcomes of Swiss residents. This type of analysis can shed light on an important policy question. Is the Swiss labor market well integrated, or can one find instead segmentation along language borders? Improving on previous research in this area, we use a nationally representative household survey, the Swiss Household Panel 1999 and 2000, and we explicitly account for self-selection of workers into language areas. Overall, we find no evidence to suggest that the Swiss labor market is not perfectly integrated or that internal migrants are positively selected.
Subjects: 
language
labor market segmentation
Swiss household panel
JEL: 
J1
J31
J4
J7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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