Immigration Policy and Foreign Population in Switzerland

With more than 20 percent, Switzerland is one of the countries with the largest foreign population. Since 1970 the government has tried to manage the flows of migrants in the hope of reconciling a chronic excess demand for labor with mounting pressures from nationalistic groups to control the level...

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Main Author:	Gross, Dominique M.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ASYLUM SEEKERS BIRTHS BORDER REGIONS CENSUS CENSUS BUREAU COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEMAND FOR LABOR DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC MIGRANTS ECONOMIC NEEDS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT LEVEL FAMILY REUNIFICATION FAMILY REUNION FLOWS OF MIGRANTS FOREIGN LABOR FOREIGN LABOR FORCE FOREIGN POPULATION FOREIGN RESIDENTS FOREIGN WORKERS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IMMIGRANT WORKERS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION COUNTRIES IMMIGRATION LAW IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION INFLOWS MIGRATIONS MOBILITY MOBILITY OF LABOR NATURALIZATION NUMBER OF ASYLUM SEEKERS NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OFFICIAL STATISTICS POPULATION GROWTH REFUGEES RETIREMENT SEASONAL WORKERS SERVANTS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNSKILLED LABOR WORK CONTRACTS WORK PERMITS WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6606405/immigration-policy-foreign-population-switzerland http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8755

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Immigration Policy and Foreign Population in Switzerland

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