<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The analysis of the Swiss labor market poses a methodological challenge. On the one hand, Switzerland is too diversified to be analyzed as a single socio-economic space. On the other hand, a high level of territorial fragmentation makes the use of administrative divisions methodologically weak. In this paper, we classify Swiss cantons into three types of labor markets: attractive, multicenter, and marginal. Our typology is based on a wide range of economic and labor market parameters, and can be a ready-to-use tool for further researches.</p></abstract>

The analysis of the Swiss labor market poses a methodological challenge. On the one hand, Switzerland is too diversified to be analyzed as a single socio-economic space. On the other hand, a high level of territorial fragmentation makes the use of administrative divisions methodologically weak. In this paper, we classify Swiss cantons into three types of labor markets: attractive, multicenter, and marginal. Our typology is based on a wide range of economic and labor market parameters, and can be a ready-to-use tool for further researches.

A New Typology to Describe the Regional Differences in Swiss Labor Markets

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The analysis of the Swiss labor market poses a methodological challenge. On the one hand, Switzerland is too diversified to be analyzed as a single...

A New Typology to Describe the Regional Differences in Swiss Labor Markets

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 35 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0003

Keywords
labor market, regional differences, Switzerland, typology, fuzzy clustering

© 2018 Matteo Antonini, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A New Typology to Describe the Regional Differences in Swiss Labor Markets

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 35 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0003

Keywordslabor market, regional differences, Switzerland, typology, fuzzy clustering

© 2018 Matteo Antonini, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
labor market, regional differences, Switzerland, typology, fuzzy clustering