Earning Differentials between German and French Speakers in Switzerland

Alejandra Cattaneo () and Rainer Winkelmann
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Alejandra Cattaneo: Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich

No 309, SOI - Working Papers from Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich

Abstract: The paper analyses 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.

Keywords: language; labor market segmentation; Swiss household panel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 J31 J4 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2003-09, Revised 2003-11
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Published in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 141, 2005, pages 191-212

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