Minimum wage regulation in Switzerland: survey evidence for restaurants in the canton of Neuchâtel

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Table 1 Structural characteristics of regions included in the survey

	Control districts	Treated districts (NE)	Switzerland
Average age (years)	41.27	41.50	41.70
Share of female (%)	0.50	0.51	0.50
Share of foreigners (%)	0.20	0.20	0.25
Share of agricultural area (%)	0.48	0.45	0.35
Minimum wage initiative (yes %)	0.31	0.32	0.24
Basic revenue initiative (yes %)	0.29	0.31	0.23

Notes: This table reports district-level data across treated and control regions. Treated districts include all districts in the canton of Neuchâtel, while districts in the control region are Jura bernois, La Broye, Jura-Nord vaudois, and all districts in the canton of Jura. Data for Switzerland as a whole is reported for comparison purpose. Source: Swiss Federal Office for Statistics, 2017