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Université de Fribourg

Arbeitszeiten mobil Beschäftigter : welche Auswirkungen haben auswärtige Übernachtungen?

Grzech-Sukalo, Hiltraud ; Vogl, Gerlinde

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.6

The following article presents results of working time surveys in the context of mobile work that have been analysed in the research project prentimo (prevention-oriented organization of mobile work) on the basis of three companies (in two ones by means of qualitative surveys and in one by means of the analysis of concrete working hours). The central question is whether overnight-staying workers...

Université de Fribourg

Arbeitszeitentwicklungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

Arlinghaus, Anna ; Gärtner, Johannes ; Rabstein, Sylvia ; Schief, Sebastian ; Vetter, Céline

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.1

Editorial des Schwerpunktheftes "Arbeitszeitentwicklungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

Université de Fribourg

Are Founding Families Special Blockholders ? An Investigation of Controlling Shareholder Influence on Firm Performance

Isakov, Dušan ; Weisskopf, Jean-Philippe

(Working Papers SES ; 428)

This paper examines how family and non-family ownership affects the performance of Swiss listed firms from 2003 to 2010. We distinguish between these two types of controlling shareholders since they have different objectives. We hypothesise that only family shareholders have a real incentive to reduce agency costs whereas non-family blockholders are similar to widely held companies. Our results...

Université de Fribourg

Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major?

Grossmann, Volker ; Osikominu, Aderonke ; Osterfeld, Marius

(Working Papers SES ; 460)

This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students for choosing STEM fields in university. We combine rich survey data on university graduates in Switzerland with municipality level information from the census as well as nationwide elections and referenda to characterize a student›s home environment with respect to religious and political attitudes towards gender equality...

Université de Fribourg

Assessing the effects of seasonal tariff-rate quotas on vegetable prices in Switzerland

Loginova, Daria ; Portmann, Marco ; Huber, Martin

(Working Papers SES ; 521)

Causal estimation of the short-term effects of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on vegetable producer prices is hampered by the large variety and different growing seasons of vegetables and is therefore rarely performed. We quantify the effects of Swiss seasonal TRQs on domestic producer prices of a variety of vegetables based on a difference-indifferences estimation using a novel dataset of weekly...

Université de Fribourg

Background of Jihadist Radicalisation and Measures for Prevention and Intervention in Switzerland

Eser Davolio, Miryam

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2019, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.2

This paper presents a development overview of prevention strategies in a federalist context. It builds on the results of the study on the backgrounds of jihadist radicali-sation and the prevention strategies adopted in Switzerland (Eser Davolio and Re-ther 2019) as well as the measures outlined in the Swiss National Action Plan to Prevent and Counter Radicalisation. The methodological approach...