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- PublicationAccès libreComparison of survey data on wealth in Switzerland(2019-2-15)
; ; ; Beyond income, wealth is one of most relevant components among national and international indicators of household finances. Three surveys that include Switzerland have recently integrated questions about wealth and its components. These surveys are the Swiss Household Panel -SHP- (2016), the Statistics on Income and Living Conditions -CH-SILC- (2015), and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe -SHARE- (2015). Following three important criteria suggested by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), namely relevance, coherence and accuracy, this study systematically compares data on housing and financial wealth. The analysis addresses question wording, the comparison with national accounts and accuracy. Results suggest that SHARE is the most relevant survey in terms of financial wealth and total net worth. CH-SILC is a coherent survey that allows for additional analysis on subjective living conditions, while the SHP is an ecological survey in terms of the number of questions on wealth. - PublicationMétadonnées seulementWealth, Savings and Children among Swiss, German and Australian Families(Cham: Springer, 2018)
; ; - PublicationMétadonnées seulementDo opposites attract? Educational assortative mating and dynamics of wage homogamy in Switzerland 1992-2014(2017-12-11)
; ; This paper addresses homogamy and assortative mating in Switzerland. The empirical analysis monitors trends for education and hourly wages using the Swiss Labour Force Survey and the Swiss Household Panel. The analysis disentangles the effects of educational expansion from mating patterns and incorporates not only couples, but also singles. Results show an increasing level of assortative mating both for education and for wages. For wage homogamy, selection is more important than adaptation. - PublicationMétadonnées seulementThe Impact of Female Labour Force Participation on Household Income Inequality in Switzerland(2017-3-1)
; This paper investigates whether an increase in female labour force participation comes at the price of higher household income inequality. Using data from the Household Panel, we decompose household income, distinguishing between part-time and full-time work. We find that female labour force participation has slightly attenuated household income inequality in Switzerland. Women’s entry into the labour market, increasing work-percentages and the very weak correlation in partner’s earnings mainly contributed to this effect. Full-time work, however, will not reduce inequality further in the future. - PublicationMétadonnées seulementThe impact of assortative mating on income inequality in SwitzerlandHomogamy is one of the possible drivers of income inequality in society. This study analyses the influence of homogamy in partners’ earnings on income inequality in Switzerland using data of the Swiss Household Panel from 1999 to 2015. The first part monitors homogamy in educational levels, parental education, hourly wages and realised yearly earnings using correlation coefficients. The second part estimates the impact of assortative mating on income inequality using counterfactual simulations. By focusing not only on realised earnings but also on hourly wages, we can distinguish between the effect of homogamy from the effects of labour supply adjustments. In addition, we take into account the selection into partnership. Results show a very weak correlation between partners’ realised earnings. The observed Gini coefficient of realised earnings is not different from the Gini in a scenario where partners match independently of their earnings. Two processes explain these results. First, there is relatively little homogamy in hourly wages. Second, adjustments of labour supply to partner’s characteristics have an equalising effect that can offset the impact of homogamy.
- PublicationMétadonnées seulementConsidering the various data sources, survey types and indicators: To what extent do conclusions regarding changing income inequality in Switzerland since the early 1990s converge?(Zürich: Seismo, 2016)
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