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Johannes Schweighofer

Johannes Schweighofer is a senior economist at the Austrian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, responsible for international labour market policies (EU, OECD, ILO) and research. He has published on labour market effects of immigration, youth employment and the effectiveness of labour market programmes. He writes in a strictly personal capacity.

It’s Now Or Never: More Social, Less Europe in 2015!

To put it bluntly: Europe, more precisely, the European Union, has not delivered for decades now. The Union safeguards the interests of the employers and

The Swiss Referendum, Free Movement, Xenophobia, and Substitution Effects

Johannes Schweighofer

Of course, it is not easy to strike a fair balance when qualifying the Swiss referendum of 9 February 2014: Is it all about xenophobia