OECD economic surveys : Switzerland 1996-1997 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, issuing body.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Switzerland--Economic conditions.

Switzerland.

Switzerland--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publishing, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessment and recommendations I. Recent trends and short-term prospects -Overview -Renewed fall in output -Rising unemployment -A stable price level -A large and stable current external surplus -The outlook to 1998 II. Macroeconomic policies -Monetary policy -Fiscal policy III. Implementing structural reform : a review of progress -Reform of unemployment insurance -Active labour market policies -Working-time flexibility -Labour force skills and competences -Product market competition -Measures to reform business taxation IV. Education and training -Attainment and structure of the formal education system -Achievement -Adult literacy -Responsiveness of outputs to client demands -The transition from education to work -Labour-market outcomes by level of educational attainment -Costs of education and training -Tertiary education: financing and efficiency -Continuing education -Summary and conclusions Bibliography Annexes -I. Institutional arrangements in the education and training sector -II. Calendar of main economic events Statistical annex and structural indicators.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

Assessment and recommendations

I. Recent trends and short-term prospects

Overview

Figure 1. POTENTIAL OUTPUT AND OUTPUT GAP

Figure 2. KEY ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Renewed fall in output

Figure 3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO REAL GDP GROWTH

Table 1. Supply and use of current output

Rising unemployment

Table 2. Employment in the 1990s

Figure 4. UNEMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES

Table 3. Level and structure of recent unemployment

Figure 5. TOTAL AND LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT

A stable price level

Table 4. Price trends

Figure 6. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF CONSUMER PRICES

Figure 7. SELECTED COMPONENTS OF INFLATION

A large and stable current external surplus

Figure 8. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE

Figure 9. FOREIGN TRADE INDICATORS

Table 5. Current external account

The outlook to 1998

Figure 10. INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Table 6. Short-term projections

II. Macroeconomic policies

Monetary policy

Figure 11. THE ADJUSTED MONETARY BASE

The changing stance of monetary policy

Table 7. Monetary aggregates

Figure 12. INTEREST RATES

Figure 13. EXCHANGE RATES

Is the current stance of monetary policy about "right"?

Figure 14. MONETARY CONDITIONS INDEX AND THE TAYLOR RULE

Fiscal policy

Table 8. Government accounts

Figure 15. CYCLICALLY-ADJUSTED BUDGET BALANCE

Figure 16. BUDGET BALANCES AND DEBT

The Confederation's finances in 1996

Table 9. Central government budget

Budgetary developments in the cantons and communes in 1996

The 1997 government budgets

The Confederation's budget

The budgets of the cantons and communes

The fiscal stimulation programme (programme de relance conjoncturel)

The Confederation's Financial Plan, 1998-2000

Table 10. Financial outlook of the Confederation, 1998-2000.

III. Implementing structural reform: a review of progress

Reform of unemployment insurance

Active labour market policies

Table 11. Evolution of unemployment insurance benefits and contributions

Working-time flexibility

Table 12. Implementing structural reform: an overview

Table 12. Implementing structural reform: an overview (cont.)

Labour force skills and competences

Product market competition

The new Cartels Act

Other reform issues

Table 13. Business telecommunications charges

Figure 17. ELECTRICITY PRICES IN INDUSTRY, 1995

Measures to reform business taxation

Corporate tax reform

Table 14. The main direct taxes related to business activities, 1994

Table 15. Corporate tax burden, 1965-94

High compliance costs

Progressive taxation of profits

Table 16. Employment in private firms

Figure 18. MARGINAL AND AVERAGE TAX RATES OF THE FEDERAL DIRECT TAX ON PROFITS

Taxation of capital

Table 17. Revenue effects of business tax reform

The taxation of holding companies

Stamp duties

Assessment

IV. Education and training

Attainment and structure of the formal education system

Figure 19. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE ADULT WORKING-AGE POPULATION, 1994

Table 18. Percentage of women in the adult working-age population by level of attainment, 1994

Many pathways to complete upper secondary education

Vocational education

Box 1. The apprenticeship system

Table 19. Vocation education by gender, linguistic region and age cohort

Table 20. Education choices after compulsory schooling

Table 21. Secondary school drop-out rate

General education

Diversity of tertiary educational options

Table 22. Tertiary graduation rates, 1994

Reforms to enhance the attractiveness of the dual system

Achievement

Table 23. Student achievement

Adult literacy.

Figure 20. ADULT LITERACY, 1994

Table 24. Low literacy and migrant status

Responsiveness of outputs to client demands

Figure 21. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN SCHOOLS

Table 25. Public views on the relative importance of school subjects

The transition from education to work

Figure 22. RELATIVE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT BY TYPE OF SCHOOL SYSTEM, 1994

Table 26. The employment situation by regions and age groups

Labour-market outcomes by level of educational attainment

Earnings premia and rates of return to education

Figure 23. MEAN ANNUAL EARNINGS BY LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND GENDER

Figure 24. EDUCATION-RELATED EARNINGS PREMIA, 1992

Table 27. Overall rates of return to education

Labour-force participation and unemployment

Costs of education and training

Table 28. Public expenditure on education, 1994

Figure 25. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION, 1993

Figure 26. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE PER STUDENT IN RELATION TO GDP PER CAPITA

Tertiary education: financing and efficiency

Box 2. University financing arrangements

Table 29. Basic subsidies to cantonal universities

Continuing education

Figure 27. PARTICIPATION IN JOB-RELATED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, 1993

Summary and conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Annex I - Institutional arrangements in the education and training sector

General context

Box A1. Areas of responsibility and administration

Educational structure and enrolments

Figure A1. THE SWISS EDUCATION SYSTEM

Curriculum and assessment

Teachers

Annex II - Calendar of main economic events

STATISTICAL ANNEX AND STRUCTURAL INDICATORS

Table A. Selected background statistics

Table B. Gross national product

Table C. Gross national product

Table D. Gross value added by main area of activity

Table E. Producer and import prices

Table F. Money supply.

Table G. Interest rates and capital markets

Table H. Foreign trade by area

Table I. Foreign trade by commodity group

Table J. Balances of payments

Table K. Labour market: structural and institutional characteritics

Table L. The structure of taxation

Table M. Interest rate margins in banking

BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (Cont'd)

MAIN SALES OUTLETS OF OECD PUBLICATIONS / PRINCIPAUX POINTS DE VENTE DES PUBLICATIONS DE L'OCDE

BOXES

TABLES

Table 10. Financial outlook of the Confederation, 1998-2000

Table 21. Secondary school drop-out rate.

Table 22. Tertiary graduation rates, 1994

FIGURES

Figure 20. ADULT LITERACY, 1994

Figure 27. PARTICIPATION IN JOB-RELATED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, 1993.

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ISBN:

92-64-14964-3

OCLC:

1226585915