PCP
Work and wages
2010: retained rates, shorter rights
The fourth revision combined contributions with targeted reductions. Time to find a viable job matters as well as the daily payment.
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2010–2013 · Social protection, energy and institutions
Unemployment insurance, pensions, energy and spatial planning raised connected but distinct questions. This period shows how reform changes the distribution of risk, access to services and the scope for investment.
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Theme · Publication type · Year studied
2010
Period studied
Social protection and equality
2010: what the conversion rate changes
The second-pillar vote concerns turning capital into a pension and inequalities accumulated throughout working life.
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Energy, ecology and regions
2011: one decision, several systems to transform
The gradual nuclear phase-out announced in 2011 connects demand, generation and grids. Planning determines what the direction can achieve.
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Work and wages
2011: when currency movements reach the factory
The SNB minimum addressed exceptional appreciation. Effects passed through receipts, inputs and production decisions.
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Housing and living costs
2012: the ceiling and permanent homes
A communal ceiling protects land use. Affordable permanent housing also needs action on existing stock, rents and land.
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Health and care
2012: from case payment to available care
SwissDRG classifies and pays for acute stays. Readiness, staffing and territorial access remain hospital-policy decisions.
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Social protection and equality
2012: beyond the number of places
Federal reporting shows new provision alongside unmet requests. Age, schedules, fees and staff determine usable access.
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Public economy and services
2013: who controls executive remuneration?
The excessive-pay initiative strengthened owners’ votes. Its adoption did not alone settle the distribution of value within enterprises.
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Housing and living costs
2013: compact settlement for whom?
Planning-law reform restrains sprawl and mobilises land. Affordability needs additional choices about ownership and publicly created value.
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Social protection and equality
2013: a deduction does not create a childcare place
Two 2013 debates concerned distinct instruments. Tax relief depends on taxable income; services require financed and organised capacity.
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