Immigration to Switzerland - the case of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Vol. 1 of 1

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Immigration to Switzerland - the case of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia

Author:	Gross, Dominique M.;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3880
Country:	Switzerland; Serbia;	Date Stored:	2006/04/06
Document Date:	2006/04/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Europe and Central Asia
Report Number:	WPS3880	SubTopics:	Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement; International Migration; Human Migrations & Resettlements; Labor Markets; Gender and Social Development
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: From less than 5 percent in 1980, the share of residents from the former Republic of Yugoslavia in the total foreign population in Switzerland rose to almost 25% in 2000, to become one of the largest foreign communities. The largest increase occurs mostly between 1985 and 1998 and represents a unique development in the composition of immigration to Switzerland, as it coincides with a new policy, which from 1995 gives priority to workers from the European Union for new permits and severely restricts work permits for migrants from the rest of the world. The empirical analysis shows that when there is no discriminatory treatment by immigration policy, immigrant workers from the former Yugoslavia respond to financial and cultural incentives in the same way as their unskilled counterparts from Southern European countries. The restriction on permit availability in the mid-1990s appears to have weakened the financial and cultural attractiveness of Switzerland for immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. This may signal a change in the characteristics of migrants from the region toward higher skill levels.


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