Migration policy and migration statistics: country notes

These country notes present the recent changes in migration policies as well as a table showing the most recent statistics on migration flows and on the results of the immigrants in the labour market.

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Making the tax system less distortive in Switzerland

The tax burden in Switzerland is low in international comparison, largely reflecting the substantial non-tax compulsory contributions towards the health and pension systems which are managed by private institutions. Taxation of personal income and labour earnings is relatively high, whereas the taxation of consumption is low.

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• Economic Survey of Switzerland 2011

Making the tax system less distortive in Switzerland

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A Skills beyond School Review of Switzerland

This review is one of a series of country reports on postsecondary vocational education and training (VET) in OECD countries, prepared as part of an OECD study. The series includes reviews, (such as this one) involving an in-depth analysis of a country system leading to a set of policy recommendations backed by analysis.

Economic Survey of Switzerland 2011

While the recovery has been broadly balanced, risks to Switzerland’s outlook increase. This Survey discusses policies to increase growth more durably, reduce incentives to leverage wealth, reduce financial market risks, and render environmental policy more cost-effective.

Switzerland tops fixed broadband ranking, while Korea leads in wireless broadband

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Jobs for immigrants (Vol.3): Labour market integration in Austria, Norway and Switzerland

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Senior budget official country reviews of budgeting systems

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The labour market integration of immigrants and their children in Switzerland

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External factors threaten Swiss economic recovery, OECD says

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