Category: Switzerland

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What’s beyond 65? Why Switzerland should step up retirement preparations

November 4, 2019

by Christine Lewis and Patrice Ollivaud, Switzerland Desk, OECD Economics Department The statutory retirement age in Switzerland (for men) has been age 65 since 1948 and it is currently 64 for women. Sixty-five appears to be very powerful: almost two-thirds of 60-64 year-olds are in the labour force but this plummets to less than one-quarter … More What’s beyond 65? Why Switzerland should step up retirement preparations

Switzerland’s productivity puzzle: Being a leader and an underperformer

January 8, 2018

by Patrice Ollivaud, Economist, Switzerland Desk, OECD Economics Department Switzerland is among the leaders in many global rankings including on R&D, innovation, infrastructure, universities and competitiveness. It is well integrated in global value chains, specialised in some high-value-added activities and home of many large multinationals. These factors should contribute to high, and rising, labour productivity. … More Switzerland’s productivity puzzle: Being a leader and an underperformer

Maintaining Switzerland’s enviable living standards into the future

November 14, 2017

by Christine Lewis, Switzerland Desk, Economics Department Switzerland’s high living standards and quality of life are renowned. It has the third-highest level of GDP per capita in the OECD. Likewise, survey data show Swiss have the OECD’s second-highest rate of life satisfaction. Unemployment is low, including for young people. And income inequality (after taxes and … More Maintaining Switzerland’s enviable living standards into the future