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Digital technologies and performance incentives: evidence from businesses in the Swiss economy.

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00132-3

Johannes Lehmann, Michael Beckmann

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The macro-financial effects of Climate Policy Risk: evidence from Switzerland 气候政策风险的宏观金融影响：来自瑞士的证据

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00122-5

Brendan Berthold

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Inequality in opportunity of access to antenatal care in Cameroon: multilevel modelling, spatial analysis and decomposition methods 喀麦隆产前保健机会的不平等：多层次建模、空间分析和分解方法

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00121-6

Anne Darline Youmbi, Betrand Fesuh Nono, Christian Zamo Akono

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Working from home is here to stay, but how does it affect workplace learning? 在家工作将继续存在，但它会对工作场所的学习产生什么影响？

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00123-4

G. M. Morlet, Thomas Bolli

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Capturing Swiss economic confidence 把握瑞士经济信心

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00120-7

Philipp Wegmueller, Christian Glocker

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Capturing Swiss economic confidence 把握瑞士经济信心

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00120-7

Philipp Wegmueller, Christian Glocker

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The effect of a strict facial-mask policy on the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland during the early phase of the pandemic 大流行初期，严格的口罩政策对 COVID-19 在瑞士传播的影响

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00119-0

Emanuel Nussli, Simon Hediger, Meta-Lina Spohn, M. Maathuis

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What wages do people expect for vocational and academic education backgrounds in Switzerland? 在瑞士，人们对职业教育和学术教育背景的工资有何期望？

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-023-00118-7

Maria Alejandra Cattaneo

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Do mobile applications foster sustainable mobility? Evidence from a field experiment. 移动应用能否促进可持续流动？来自实地实验的证据。

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00129-y

Alexander Goetz, Ioana Marinica, Harald Mayr, Luca Mosetti, Renate Schubert

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Ranking occupations by their proximity to workers' profiles. 根据与工人档案的接近程度对职业进行排序。

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1186/s41937-024-00125-2

Mirjam Bächli, Hélène Benghalem, Doriana Tinello, Damaris Aschwanden, Sascha Zuber, Matthias Kliegel, Michele Pellizzari, Rafael Lalive

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