How does immigration affect housing costs in Switzerland?

Abstract This paper examines the short-run immigration effects on prices for owner-occupied housing and rents in Switzerland, exploiting regional variation at the level of 106 local labor markets (“Mobilité Spatiale” regions) and 26 cantons, respectively. We propose two empirical strategies that exp...

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Main Authors: Fabienne Helfer, Volker Grossmann, Aderonke Osikominu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-04-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-023-00110-1