Selected Issues Papers

A Firm Level Analysis of Labor Productivity in Switzerland

By Tianxiao Zheng

October 6, 2025

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Tianxiao Zheng. "A Firm Level Analysis of Labor Productivity in Switzerland", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 133 (2025), accessed October 8, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229028677.018

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Summary

Switzerland’s labor productivity is generally higher than that in other advanced economy peers, although with significant variation across sectors and firm sizes. Multinational enterprises drive average productivity upwards, while small firms and the services sector lag. Adapting to the evolving global structure and ensuring sustained labor productivity growth require policies to support firm scale-up, address labor shortages, and enhance competition.

Subject: Competition, Economic sectors, Employment, Financial markets, Health, Health care, Labor, Labor markets, Labor productivity, Labor shortages, Manufacturing, Production, Productivity, Services sector

Keywords: Competition, Employment, Firm Size, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Health care, Innovation, Labor markets, Labor productivity, Labor productivity, Labor shortages, Manufacturing, Multinational Firms, Productivity, R&D, Services sector, Technology

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