Philippe Wanner

Mapping the Demographics of the New Forms of Mobility and Measuring Their Socioeconomic Impact

This project aims at measuring the impact of new forms of migration in Switzerland by analyzing three domains: the labor market, the social insurance system and the spatial distribution of inhabitants. Using statistical methods and longitudinal analyses, as well as results from the Migration-Mobility Survey, the project reveals the complexity and the diversity of new forms of migration and mobility in Europe and sheds light on the challenges for the host society.

Project Fact Sheet (PDF)
Main Results (PDF)

Messages for Decision-Makers

Challenges faced by women to combine family life and remunerated work should be carefully addressed. Deficiencies in conciliatory measures reinforce socio-economic inequalities across groups and this can be even more crucial for migrant families.
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Solid migration predictions can be useful to debate on, and develop policy solutions aimed to sustain the Swiss social insurance system.
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As migrants’ level of education rises, their level of international and internal mobility increases.

Impact of Family Trajectories on Re-Migration
Subproject by Ilka Steiner and Philippe Wanner
Project Fact Sheet

Project-related scientific publications Select publication   Zufferey, Jonathan, Ilka Steiner and Didier Ruedin The Many Forms of Multiple Migrations: Evidence from a Sequence Analysis in Switzerland, 1998 to 2008 2021   Zufferey, Jonathan and Philippe Wanner La distribution spatiale de la population étrangère en Suisse 2020   Lacroix, Julie and Jonathan Zufferey A Life Course Approach to Immigrants’ Relocation: Linking Long- and Short-distance Mobility Sequences 2019   Milivinti, Alice A spatio-temporal analysis of migration 2019   Milivinti, Alice and Giacomo Benini A Bayesian Semiparametric Approach for Trend-Seasonal Interaction: an Application to Migration Forecasts 2019   Vidal Coso, Elena Employment Trajectories of Recent Immigrants in Switzerland 2019   Vidal Coso, Elena Female employment following childbirth: differences between native and immigrant women in Switzerland 2019   Zufferey, Jonathan Who Are the Serial Movers? Sociodemographic Profiles and Reasons to Migrate to Switzerland Among Multiple International Migrants 2019   Lacroix, Julie and Elena Vidal Coso Differences in Labor Supply by Birthplace and Family Composition in Switzerland: the Role of Human Capital and Household Income 2018   Wanner, Philippe Inégalités spatiales de mortalité en Suisse. Le rôle de la migration internationale sur l’espérance de vie de la population des métropoles 2018   Zufferey, Jonathan and Michel Oris Inégalités spatiales de mortalité en Suisse : l’influence des contextes sur les différentiels entre natifs et migrants 2018   Vidal Coso, Elena and Enrique Ortega-Rivera Skill Composition and Occupational Incorporation of Early and Recent Immigrants in Switzerland: the case of Italians and Spaniards 2017   Fidalgo, Antonio, Marco Pecoraro, Alberto Holly and Philippe Wanner A nonparametric analysis of the healthy immigrant effect 2016   Rellstab, Sara, Marco Pecoraro, Alberto Holly, Philippe Wanner and Karine Renard The migrant health gap and the role of labour market status: Evidence from Switzerland 2016   Wanner, Philippe, Jonathan Zufferey and Juliette Fioretta The Impact of Migratory Flows on the Swiss Labour Market. A Comparison Between In- and Outflow 2016   Zufferey, Jonathan Investigating the migrant mortality advantage at the intersections of social stratification in Switzerland: The role of vulnerability 2016   Vidal Coso, Elena and Enrique Ortega-Rivera From “Old” to “New” Southern European Migrants in Switzerland 2015