Switzerland - The labour market in recent years - December 31, 2017

In a rather optimistic paper, labour market data from the period 2000-2016 are analysed. The authors conclude that, although the crisis had a strong impact on the economy, unemployment remained below 5%, and real earnings have been growing at a rate of about 0.7% per year since 2000. However, there is a wide wage gap, both between men and women and between nationals and foreign workers. For instance, foreign men’s earnings equal 83% of Swiss men’s earnings in 2015. Women earned around 83% of a man’s wage in 2015. Thus, convergence has been slow. At a speed of three percentage points per 15 years, or one percentage point per five years, it would take another 25−30 years to wipe out the gender pay gap.

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