Archive: Patrick Leisibach

Dr. Patrick Leisibach joined Avenir Suisse in June 2022 as a Fellow in the equal opportunity society group. His focus areas include migration, the labor market, and tax and financial policy matters. Prior to that he worked for Credit Suisse and was a research associate at the Chair of Political Economics at the University of Lucerne. Patrick studied economics at the universities of Lucerne and Bern.

Counterproductive Quota-Based Policy

Switzerland should be making better use of global talent — without opening its borders too much.

22.12.2023, Patrick Leisibach

Paradoxical Minimum Wages

Essential on the labor market

18.10.2023, Patrick Leisibach

Innovation without Borders

The Importance of Labor Migration for Innovation in Switzerland

13.09.2023, Patrick Leisibach, Patrick Schnell, Laurenz Grabher

Paradoxical Minimum Wages

Essential on the topic of the labor market

24.07.2023, Patrick Leisibach

Reducing Barriers to Global Talent

Parliament wants to facilitate the transition of foreign university graduates into the labor market. This decision is sensible. However, more challenging debates await.

21.06.2023, Patrick Leisibach

Equality Policy at an Impasse

Commentary of the Week Companies could now be sanctioned if suspected of pay discrimination. Yet again, the Swiss National Council is serving a dubious narrative that harms the cause of equality

30.05.2023, Lukas Schmid, Patrick Leisibach

Taxes in the Age of Chatbots

Digitization and automation are changing the economy. But that does not mean the tax system has to be reinvented.

24.04.2023, Lukas Schmid, Patrick Leisibach

Forgotten Reforms – Reforms to Forget

avenir spécial Ideas that have wrongfully disappeared into oblivion – and those who should be buried for good

30.11.2022, Mario Bonato, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler, Sonia Estevez, Laurenz Grabher, Eveline Hutter, Patrick Leisibach, Jürg Müller, Samuel Rutz, Lukas Rühli, Marco Salvi, Lukas Schmid, Diego Taboada