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    • – Migratory Trajectories of Foreign Nationals in Switzerland: A State of Constant Mobility?
    • – Are Labor Market Programs Always Useful?
    • – Is Control over Migration an Asset? And If It Is, Who Can Make the Most of It?
    • – Naturalization and Prejudice: What We Know, and What Is Uncertain
    • – Language Roulette? Refugee Placement and its Effect on Labor Market Integration
    • – So How Do You Feel about Religion? The Integration of Religious Communities
    • – Why Are so Many Asylum Seekers Male?
    • – The Economic Impact of the Free Movement Agreement in Switzerland
    • – Policy Briefs «kurz und bündig»
    • – Die ausländerrechtliche Administrativhaft in Zahlen
    • – Erhöht ein offener Arbeitsmarktzugang die Erwerbsquote von Asylsuchenden?
    • – Ausländische Studierende mit Schweizer Hochschulabschluss – die idealen Migrant*innen?
    • – Auf welche Hindernisse treffen Asylsuchende und Geflüchtete, die studieren möchten?
    • – Sind Arbeitsmarktprogramme immer nützlich?
    • – Ist die Kontrolle über Migration ein Gut? Und wenn ja, wer kann den grössten Nutzen daraus ziehen?
    • – Einbürgerungen und Voreingenommenheit: Was wir wissen – was unklar ist
    • – Sprachen-Roulette? Die Platzierung von Flüchtlingen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration
    • – Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion? Die Einbindung von Religionsgemeinschaften 
    • – Warum ist die Mehrheit der Asylsuchenden männlich?
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    • – La détention administrative de personnes étrangères en chiffres
    • – L’accès ouvert au marché du travail augmente-t-il le taux d’emploi des requérant·e·s d’asile ?
    • – Etudiants étrangers diplômés d’une haute école suisse : migrants idéals pour la Suisse ?
    • – Quels obstacles rendent les études aux personnes en fuite et en requête d’asile difficiles ?
    • – Les mesures de réinsertion professionnelle sont-elles toujours utiles ?
    • – Trajectoires migratoires des étranger·ère·s en Suisse : une perpétuelle mobilité ?
    • – Le contrôle des mouvements migratoires est-il un bien ? Et si oui, qui peut en tirer le meilleur parti ?
    • – Naturalisations et préjugés : ce qu’on sait – ce qui n’est pas clair
    • – Roulette linguistique ? Le placement des réfugié·e·s et son incidence sur l’intégration sur le marché du travail
    • – Dis-moi donc, que penses-tu de la religion ? L’intégration des communautés religieuses 
    • – Des requérants d’asile de sexe masculin : combien, et pourquoi ?
    • – L’impact économique de l’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes en Suisse
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  • About Us
    • – Facts + Figures
    • – Migration-Mobility Nexus
    • – Crisis Research
      • – CrisisMigRef – The Database on Crisis and Migration
    • – Main Research Results
    • – Interdisciplinarity
    • – Who is Who
      • – People
      • – Management Board
      • – Directors
      • – Network Office
      • – Project Leaders
      • – PostDocs
      • – Doctoral Students
      • – Associated Researchers
      • – Committees
      • – Advisory Board
      • – Alumnae + Alumni + Emeritae + Emeriti
      • – Visiting Fellows
    • – Contact
    • – Jobs
  • News + Events
    • – Calendar
    • – E-News
    • – Archive
      • – COVID-19 + Mobility
        • – COVID-19 + Mobilité
  • Research
    • – Projects Phase III
    • – Projects Phase II
    • – Projects Phase I
    • – Data Management
      • – OPENMIN
    • – Research Institutions
  • Knowledge Transfer
    • – Policy Briefs
    • – Administrative Detention of Foreign Nationals in Figures
    • – Do Inclusive Labor Market Access Regulations Increase the Employment Rate of Asylum Seekers?
    • – International Students: Switzerland’s Ideal Highly Skilled Migrants?
    • – What Are the Barriers for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Who Want to Enroll at a Swiss University?
    • – Migratory Trajectories of Foreign Nationals in Switzerland: A State of Constant Mobility?
    • – Are Labor Market Programs Always Useful?
    • – Is Control over Migration an Asset? And If It Is, Who Can Make the Most of It?
    • – Naturalization and Prejudice: What We Know, and What Is Uncertain
    • – Language Roulette? Refugee Placement and its Effect on Labor Market Integration
    • – So How Do You Feel about Religion? The Integration of Religious Communities
    • – Why Are so Many Asylum Seekers Male?
    • – The Economic Impact of the Free Movement Agreement in Switzerland
    • – Policy Briefs «kurz und bündig»
    • – Die ausländerrechtliche Administrativhaft in Zahlen
    • – Erhöht ein offener Arbeitsmarktzugang die Erwerbsquote von Asylsuchenden?
    • – Ausländische Studierende mit Schweizer Hochschulabschluss – die idealen Migrant*innen?
    • – Auf welche Hindernisse treffen Asylsuchende und Geflüchtete, die studieren möchten?
    • – Sind Arbeitsmarktprogramme immer nützlich?
    • – Ist die Kontrolle über Migration ein Gut? Und wenn ja, wer kann den grössten Nutzen daraus ziehen?
    • – Einbürgerungen und Voreingenommenheit: Was wir wissen – was unklar ist
    • – Sprachen-Roulette? Die Platzierung von Flüchtlingen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration
    • – Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion? Die Einbindung von Religionsgemeinschaften 
    • – Warum ist die Mehrheit der Asylsuchenden männlich?
    • – Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen der Personenfreizügigkeit in der Schweiz
    • – Policy Briefs « en bref »
    • – La détention administrative de personnes étrangères en chiffres
    • – L’accès ouvert au marché du travail augmente-t-il le taux d’emploi des requérant·e·s d’asile ?
    • – Etudiants étrangers diplômés d’une haute école suisse : migrants idéals pour la Suisse ?
    • – Quels obstacles rendent les études aux personnes en fuite et en requête d’asile difficiles ?
    • – Les mesures de réinsertion professionnelle sont-elles toujours utiles ?
    • – Trajectoires migratoires des étranger·ère·s en Suisse : une perpétuelle mobilité ?
    • – Le contrôle des mouvements migratoires est-il un bien ? Et si oui, qui peut en tirer le meilleur parti ?
    • – Naturalisations et préjugés : ce qu’on sait – ce qui n’est pas clair
    • – Roulette linguistique ? Le placement des réfugié·e·s et son incidence sur l’intégration sur le marché du travail
    • – Dis-moi donc, que penses-tu de la religion ? L’intégration des communautés religieuses 
    • – Des requérants d’asile de sexe masculin : combien, et pourquoi ?
    • – L’impact économique de l’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes en Suisse
    • – Neuchatel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies 
    • – Public Events + Exchanges
    • – Academic Events
      • – Public Lectures
      • – Annual Conferences
      • – Graduate Conference
      • – Academic Workshops
    • – Resources
    • – Cantonal Portraits
    • – Cantonal Portraits
  • Migration-Mobility Survey
    • – Survey on Living as a Migrant in Switzerland
    • – Umfrage zum Leben als Migrant*in in der Schweiz
    • – Vivre en tant que migrant·e en Suisse
    • – Migration-Mobility Survey Results
    • – Resultate des «Migration-Mobility Surveys»
    • – Des résultats du « Migration-Mobility Survey »
  • Migration-Mobility Indicators
  • Education + Careers
    • – Doctoral Program
    • – PostDoc Training
    • – Research + Career Support
    • – Summer School 2017
    • – Summer School 2016
  • Equal Opportunities
    • – Code of Conduct
    • – Institutional Anchoring
    • – Parents’ Support
    • – Support for Female Researchers
  • Publications
    • – Search in all Publications
    • – Working Papers
      • – Discrimination
      • – Labor Market
      • – Citizenship
      • – Asylum
    • – Policy Briefs
    • – E-Magazine
      • – highlights #1
        • – highlights #1.1
        • – highlights #1.1 FR
        • – highlights #1.1 DE
        • – highlights #1.2
        • – highlights #1.3
        • – highlights #1.4
        • – highlights #1.5
        • – highlights #1.6
      • – highlights #2
        • – highlights #2.1
        • – highlights #2.1 DE
        • – highlights #2.1 FR
        • – highlights #2.2
        • – highlights #2.3
        • – highlights #2.4
        • – highlights #2.5
        • – highlights #2.6
  • Blog
  • Videos and Podcasts
    • – Clips Preconceptions
  • Media Relations
    • – Media Contact
    • – Media Workshops
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    • – Press Clippings

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5 September 2025
Policy Dialogue
The Chances and Risks of Algorithmic Matchmaking in the Labor Market
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich


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Crises, Migration and (Im)Mobility

Preconception #5
“With that many arrivals, soon there will be more migrants than Swiss people.”
Not really. Specially since many migrants end up leaving.

Overcoming preconceptions

Au-delà des idées préconçues

Vorgefasste Meinungen überwinden


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  • Working Paper: Do Spatial Political Focus, Feelings of Belonging, and Social Networks Affect the Intention to Apply for Citizenship? Evidence from Switzerland 

     

     
  • New Policy Brief: Border Closure Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

     
  • Blog series on Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises 

     
     
  • New Policy Brief: What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of a Points-Based Immigration System?

     

     

     
  • Working Paper: Crisis-Induced Changes in Migration Laws and Policies: Investigating the Impact of Crises on Migrant Workers and Forced Migrants in Poland 2025

     

     

 

New Working Paper: Crisis-Induced Changes in Migration Laws and Policies: Investigating the Impact of Crises on Migrant Workers and Forced Migrants in Poland 2025
New Blog Post: Sex Work and Migration Policy: An Ongoing Entanglement
New Policy Brief: Border Closure Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Politics as Usual?
Neuer Blogbeitrag: Sexarbeit und Migrationspolitik: eine anhaltende Verflechtung
Blog Post: Why is Cyprus Still Holding on to the Failed “Humanitarian Corridor” to Gaza?
Blog Post: Gender and the Far Right: How Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Hides in Gender-Skeptic Discourse
Blog Post: Paths to Power: What Shapes the Political Careers of People with a Migration Background in Switzerland?
Blog Post: Taking a Second Look: Post-Dissertation Reflections on My Dataset
Blog Post: Amoral Immobilism: Or, What I Learned From a Half-Year Sabbatical in Rome and Naples?
Blog Post: Europe’s Renewed Migration Agreements: The Lingering Coloniality of Migration Governance
New Policy Brief: What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of a Points-Based Immigration System?
Blog Post: Syrian Refugee Return: Views from the Ground in Jordan
Blog Post: Work Permits for Temporary Protection Beneficiaries: Precarious Practice Rejected but Why?
Blog Post: Migrant Women in Times of Crisis: Vulnerability and Agency Among Domestic Workers
Blog Post: Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises
Blog Post: Precarious Work in Switzerland: Experiences of Crises of a Hospitality Worker

Join our events


5 September 2025
Policy Dialogue
The Chances and Risks of Algorithmic Matchmaking in the Labor Market
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich


Explore our
Migration-Mobility Indicators

Discover in a nutshell,
our Policy Briefs

Browse through our Blog


Read our Working Papers


Crises, Migration and (Im)Mobility

Preconception #5
“With that many arrivals, soon there will be more migrants than Swiss people.”
Not really. Specially since many migrants end up leaving.

Overcoming preconceptions

Au-delà des idées préconçues

Vorgefasste Meinungen überwinden


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Follow us on Twitter


 

 


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