Swiss worlds of welfare

Migrant Status and Lone Motherhood – Risk Factors of Female Labour Force Participation in Switzerland

“…On the one hand, Switzerland offers relatively widespread social policy protections against poverty (Bertozzi et al 2005;Armingeon et al 2004) and rather generous unemployment benefits (Gebel 2013). On the other hand, the care system is mostly relegated to private institutions, and the public policies targeting work-family reconciliation are less robust than those of other western welfare states (Monnier 2006): school schedules are hardly compatible with those of parents who work, and expensive public child care and marriage-based taxation discourage women's labour force participation (Bütler and Ruesch 2007).…”

Social Policies and Governance in Geneva: What About Social Innovation?

“…In their article "Swiss Worlds of Welfare" (Armingeon et al 2004), the authors explain the significant variation in cantonal welfare regimes by socioeconomic variables and above all by the degree of urbanisation, which seems to be positively correlated with the election of left-wing parties, which favour a stateoriented welfare policy. According to the authors: 31 The Swiss Constitution, which was adopted in 1874, did not grant any jurisdiction over social policies to the federal state.…”

“…Moreover, Armingeon et al (2004) categorise the Canton of Geneva as a social-democratic regime for three out of four of their selected variables, 32 emphasising that it is one of the only cantons to possess a somewhat coherent welfare regime. It is also the only one that can be classified as social-democratic in the country (Armingeon et al 2004, pp.…”

A Cross-National Comparative Study of the Policy Effects of Referendums

“…For Switzerland Vatter and Rüefli (2003) show that the extent of referendums affects health policies at the cantonal level in Switzerland, while Armingeon, Bertozzi and Bonoli (2004) find similar effects for welfare policies. Fischer (2005) finds effects of direct democracy on redistribution (see also Feld, Fischer and Kirchgässner, 2003), on educational achievement, and crime rates, among other policy areas.…”