Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics: Special Focus on Covid-19

Covid19 The first articles included in the Special Focus on Covid-19 have now been published in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. The collection will be added to as further articles are published. Read the collection here.

Call For Papers: The Covid-19 pandemic presents a great challenge for health policy, but also for economic policy more broadly. In these massively changing times, economists can contribute to shaping the debate. The SJES is inviting submissions that analyse the disease and its impact on the economic and health situation, propose ways to mitigate economic consequences, or discuss ways to return to normal life, among others. For submission guidelines and further information click here.

Featured Article Collection: Modelling and assessing energy and climate strategies for Switzerland

Swiss Energy and Climate Climate change has become a focal point of the societal and political debate in many countries. Economists have contributed to this debate by assessing the climate problem as well as different proposals for climate policy. A central part of this work is to analyse the economic consequences of different emission scenarios.

In this context, we are happy to introduce the special issue on modelling climate policy in Switzerland, edited by Florian Landis, Frank Krysiak and Adriana Marcucci. Under the umbrella of the Swiss Energy Modelling Platform (SEMP), five modelling teams have contributed to assessing the economic and technological consequences of reaching Swiss emission targets up to 2050. In addition to these contributions to the current policy debate, the multi-model comparison facilitated by SEMP helps to identify common trends and differences across models that stem from different modelling frameworks and parametrizations and thus to gain more robust insights to what extent the choice of a modelling framework shapes the results of the analysis.

Aims and scope

Founded in 1867, The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes theoretical and empirical contributions to any field of economics and reaches an international audience. Owned and financed by the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, SJES is committed to a high quality, efficient review process with a first round response time of typically less than two months. SJES particularly welcomes contributions from early-career researchers.

COVID-19 and impact on peer review

As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

Weighting bias and inflation in the time of COVID-19: evidence from Swiss transaction data

Authors: Pascal Seiler

Content type: Original article

16 September 2020
COVID-19 outbreak and beyond: the information content of registered short-time workers for GDP now- and forecasting

Authors: Sylvia Kaufmann

Content type: Original article

11 September 2020
A lockdown index to assess the economic impact of the coronavirus

Authors: Marius Faber, Andrea Ghisletta and Kurt Schmidheiny

Content type: Original Article

28 August 2020
Timing matters: the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland

Authors: Martin Huber and Henrika Langen

Content type: Original article

26 August 2020
Mobility and sales activity during the Corona crisis: daily indicators for Switzerland

Authors: Florian Eckert and Heiner Mikosch

Content type: Original article

24 August 2020

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Financial literacy and the need for financial education: evidence and implications

Authors: Annamaria Lusardi

Content type: Conference key note

24 January 2019
Inheritance flows in Switzerland, 1911–2011

Authors: Marius Brülhart, Didier Dupertuis and Elodie Moreau

Content type: Original article

6 March 2018
International trade and unemployment: towards an investigation of the Swiss case

Authors: Lukas Mohler, Rolf Weder and Simone Wyss

Content type: Original article

5 June 2018
Economics: the view from below

Authors: Marion Fourcade

Content type: Conference key note

25 January 2018
Culture, money attitudes and economic outcomes

Authors: Caroline Henchoz, Tristan Coste and Boris Wernli

Content type: Original article

28 January 2019

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Editor profiles

Editor-in-Chief: Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne

Rafael Lalive is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics of University of Lausanne. Rafael's work focuses on questions related to labor market policy, family policy, and social economics.

Co-Editor: Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg

Volker Grossmann is Full Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Fribourg. Volker's current research interests include: macroeconomics of housing; distribution of income and human capital formation.

Co-Editor: Cédric Tille, Graduate Institute Geneva

Cédric Tille is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute Geneva. Cédric's current research focuses on international finance and macroeconomics.

Co-Editor: Stefan Bühler, University of St Gallen

Stefan Bühler is the Chair of Applied Microeconomics at the University of St Gallen. Stefan's research focuses on Applied Microeconomics and Industrial Organization.

Co-Editor: Conny Wunsch, University of Basel

New Content Item Conny Wunsch is Professor of Labor Economics at the University of Basel. Conny's research interests include labor market evaluation and effectiveness and optimal design of labor market measures.