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Alfonso Sousa-Poza
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Prof. Dr.
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Sousa-Poza
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Alfonso
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alfonso.sousa-poza@unisg.ch
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PublicationIs It Culture or Democracy? The Impact of Democracy and Culture on HappinessWe look at the relation between democracy and perceived subjective well-being, taking also into account the impact of income and culture. After briefly reviewing the empirical results for Switzerland, we re-estimate this relationship allowing for the relative income position of individuals and also using a new more recent data from the Swiss Household Panel. No robust relationship between the extent of (direct) democracy and happiness can be observed. In a second step, we conduct a cross-national analysis, covering 28 countries with data from the 1998 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). There we observe a robust positive and significant relationship between democracy and happiness.Type: journal articleJournal: Social Indicators ResearchVolume: 82Issue: 3
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PublicationTaxation and Internal Migration - Evidence from the Swiss Census using Community-Level Variation in Income Tax RatesWe investigate the relationship between income tax rate variation and internal migration for the unique case of Switzerland, whose system of determining tax rates primarily at the community level results in enough variation to permit analysis of their influence on migration. Specifically, using Swiss census data, we analyze migratory responses to tax rate variations for various groups defined by age, education, and nationality/residence permit. The results suggest that young Swiss college graduates are most sensitive to tax rate differences, but the estimated effects are not large enough to offset the revenue-increasing effect of a rise in tax rate. The migratory responses of foreigners and other age-education groups are even smaller, and reverse causation seems negligible.Type: journal articleJournal: Journal of Regional ScienceVolume: 47Issue: 4
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und StatistikVolume: 142Issue: 1
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PublicationThe Determinants of Early Retirement in SwitzerlandIn the past decade, Switzerland has experienced a large increase in the number of individuals going into early retirement. This paper examines the determinants of such early retirement using data from the newly implemented social-security module of the 2002 Swiss Labor Force Survey. In the sixteen-month period from January 2001 to April 2002, more than 36,000 older individuals, representing 8% of all workers within nine years of legal retirement age, became early retirees. One of the most important determinants of early retirement is the wage rate, yet its effect is not linear: both high and low wages reduce the probability. Other factors that play an important role include partner's employment status, education, industry, occupation, and coverage in the three social-security pillars. A major finding of this study is that about 30% of all early retirees continue working after retirement - and mostly for the same employer.Type: journal articleJournal: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik =Swiss Journal of Economics and StatisticsVolume: 141Issue: 2
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Die Volkswirtschaft. Das Magazin für WirtschaftspolitikVolume: 77Issue: 2
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktforschungVolume: 37Issue: 3
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Die Volkswirtschaft. Das Magazin für WirtschaftspolitikVolume: 77Issue: 11
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: La Vie économique. Revue de politique économiqueVolume: 77Issue: 11
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: La Vie économique. Revue de politique économiqueVolume: 77Issue: 2
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PublicationAnalyzing Job Mobility with Job Turnover Intentions: An International Comparative StudyThis study analyzed job-turnover intentions in twenty-five countries with data from the 1997 International Social Survey Program. Results show that high turnover intentions, measured as the proportion of employed individuals that report a very likely change of job in the next 12 months, can be observed in Canada, 17.0 percent, the U.S., 14.3 percent, and Great Britain, 14.3 percent. Low turnover intentions are encountered in Japan, 1.8 percent, Spain, 3.0 percent, and several Eastern European countries. The determinants of turnover intentions are, in a number of cases, the same as those observed in many studies on actual turnovers. Determinants of turnover intentions do vary substantially among countries. However, union membership, public-sector employment, job satisfaction, job security, and firm pride are significant in most countries. The high turnover intentions observed in Great Britain, France, and, to a lesser extent, Canada can be explained by the subjective measures considered in this study. Especially Great Britain and France have very low rankings of job satisfaction, job security, advancement opportunities, and firm pride. Despite having the same turnover intentions, Great Britain and the United States differ substantially with regard to the subjective determinants. Whereas the high turnover intentions in Great Britain can be explained by the relatively poor perceived job satisfaction, job security, and firm pride, high turnover intentions in the United States coexist with relatively high levels of job satisfaction, job security, advancement opportunities, firm pride, and, most notably, good perceived labor market opportunities.Type: journal articleJournal: Journal of Economic IssuesVolume: 38Issue: 1