SPYROS ARVANITIS Senior Research Economist, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMARLIS BUCHMANN Professor of Sociology, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMONICA BUDOWSKI Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandANDREAS DIEKMANN Professor of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandACHIM ELFERING Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandLARS P. FELD Professor of Economics, University of Marburg, GermanySIMONE GREBNER Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandYVES HÄNGGI Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandKATIA IGLESIAS Researcher, Sociological Department, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandBEN JANN Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandWOLFGANG KÄLIN Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandJEAN KELLERHALS Professor of Sociology, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandGEBHARD KIRCHGÄSSNER Professor of Economics and Econometrics and Director, Swiss Institute of International Economics and Applied Research, University of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandDANIEL KÜBLER Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANDREASLADNER Assistant Professor, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandRENÉ LEVY Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandGISELA MICHEL Research Fellow, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSARAH NICOLET Teaching Asssistant, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandMEINRAD PERREZ Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head, Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandSTEFAN SACCHI Senior Researcher, Chair of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandALEXANDER SALVISBERG Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANNETTE SCHERPENZEEL Psychologist and Freelance Senior Researcher, Swiss Household Panel, SwitzerlandDOMINIK SCHOEBI Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandPASCAL SCIARINI Professor of Political Science, Graduate Institute of Public Administration, SwitzerlandNORBERT K. SEMMER Head of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Berlin, GermanyRETO STEINER Lecturer in Business Administration, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandCHRISTIAN SUTER Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandFRAZISKA TSCHAN Professor in the Social Psychology of Work, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandDÖRTE WATZEK Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University ofFribourg, SwitzerlandERIC WIDMER Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandPETER WILHELM Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

• List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; H.Kriesi, P.Farago, M.Kohli & M.Zarin-Nejadan PART 1: THE SWISS WAY OF LIFE Relative Deprivation and Well-being: Switzerland in a Comparative Perspective; C.Suter & K.Iglesias What Pluralisation of the Life Course? An Analysis of Personal Trajectories and Conjugal Interactions in Contemporary Switzerland; E.Widmer, J.Kellerhals & R.Levy Facets of Emotion Regulation in Families with Adolescents: A New Research Approach; M.Perrez, D.Watzek, G.Michel, D.Schoebi, P.Wilhelm & Y.Hänggi The Impact of Social Inequalities on Personal Health; M.Budowski & A.Scherpenzeel PART 2: THE SWISS LABOUR MARKET Long-term Dynamics of Skill Demand in Switzerland from 1950-2000; S.Sacchi, A.Salvisberg & M.Buchmann Information Technology, Workplace Organisation and the Demand for Employees of Different Education Levels: Firm-level Evidence for the Swiss Economy; S.Arvanitis Young Adults Entering the Workforce in Switzerland: Working Conditions and Well-being; N.K.Semmer, F.Tschan, A.Elfering, W.Kälin & S.Grebner The Erosion of Regular Work: An Analysis of the Structural Changes in the Swiss and German Labour Markets; A.Diekmann & B.Jann PART 3: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Internationalization and Domestic Politics: Evidence from the Swiss Case; P.Sciarini & S.Nicolet Reforming the Swiss Municipalities: Efficiency or Democracy?; A.Ladner & R.Steiner The Lost Dimension of Swiss Federalism: Democracy Problems of New Regionalism in Metropolitan Areas; D.Kübler Sustainable Fiscal Policy in a Federal System: Switzerland an an Example; L.P.Feld & G.Kirchgässner References Index

SPYROS ARVANITIS Senior Research Economist, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMARLIS BUCHMANN Professor of Sociology, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMONICA BUDOWSKI Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandANDREAS DIEKMANN Professor of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandACHIM ELFERING Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandLARS P. FELD Professor of Economics, University of Marburg, GermanySIMONE GREBNER Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandYVES HÄNGGI Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandKATIA IGLESIAS Researcher, Sociological Department, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandBEN JANN Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandWOLFGANG KÄLIN Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandJEAN KELLERHALS Professor of Sociology, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandGEBHARD KIRCHGÄSSNER Professor of Economics and Econometrics and Director, Swiss Institute of International Economics and Applied Research, University of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandDANIEL KÜBLER Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANDREASLADNER Assistant Professor, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandRENÉ LEVY Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandGISELA MICHEL Research Fellow, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSARAH NICOLET Teaching Asssistant, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandMEINRAD PERREZ Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head, Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandSTEFAN SACCHI Senior Researcher, Chair of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandALEXANDER SALVISBERG Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANNETTE SCHERPENZEEL Psychologist and Freelance Senior Researcher, Swiss Household Panel, SwitzerlandDOMINIK SCHOEBI Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandPASCAL SCIARINI Professor of Political Science, Graduate Institute of Public Administration, SwitzerlandNORBERT K. SEMMER Head of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Berlin, GermanyRETO STEINER Lecturer in Business Administration, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandCHRISTIAN SUTER Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandFRAZISKA TSCHAN Professor in the Social Psychology of Work, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandDÖRTE WATZEK Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University ofFribourg, SwitzerlandERIC WIDMER Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandPETER WILHELM Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

• List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; H.Kriesi, P.Farago, M.Kohli & M.Zarin-Nejadan PART 1: THE SWISS WAY OF LIFE Relative Deprivation and Well-being: Switzerland in a Comparative Perspective; C.Suter & K.Iglesias What Pluralisation of the Life Course? An Analysis of Personal Trajectories and Conjugal Interactions in Contemporary Switzerland; E.Widmer, J.Kellerhals & R.Levy Facets of Emotion Regulation in Families with Adolescents: A New Research Approach; M.Perrez, D.Watzek, G.Michel, D.Schoebi, P.Wilhelm & Y.Hänggi The Impact of Social Inequalities on Personal Health; M.Budowski & A.Scherpenzeel PART 2: THE SWISS LABOUR MARKET Long-term Dynamics of Skill Demand in Switzerland from 1950-2000; S.Sacchi, A.Salvisberg & M.Buchmann Information Technology, Workplace Organisation and the Demand for Employees of Different Education Levels: Firm-level Evidence for the Swiss Economy; S.Arvanitis Young Adults Entering the Workforce in Switzerland: Working Conditions and Well-being; N.K.Semmer, F.Tschan, A.Elfering, W.Kälin & S.Grebner The Erosion of Regular Work: An Analysis of the Structural Changes in the Swiss and German Labour Markets; A.Diekmann & B.Jann PART 3: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Internationalization and Domestic Politics: Evidence from the Swiss Case; P.Sciarini & S.Nicolet Reforming the Swiss Municipalities: Efficiency or Democracy?; A.Ladner & R.Steiner The Lost Dimension of Swiss Federalism: Democracy Problems of New Regionalism in Metropolitan Areas; D.Kübler Sustainable Fiscal Policy in a Federal System: Switzerland an an Example; L.P.Feld & G.Kirchgässner References Index

SPYROS ARVANITIS Senior Research Economist, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMARLIS BUCHMANN Professor of Sociology, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandMONICA BUDOWSKI Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandANDREAS DIEKMANN Professor of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandACHIM ELFERING Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandLARS P. FELD Professor of Economics, University of Marburg, GermanySIMONE GREBNER Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandYVES HÄNGGI Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandKATIA IGLESIAS Researcher, Sociological Department, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandBEN JANN Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandWOLFGANG KÄLIN Research and Teaching Assistant in Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bern, SwitzerlandJEAN KELLERHALS Professor of Sociology, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandGEBHARD KIRCHGÄSSNER Professor of Economics and Econometrics and Director, Swiss Institute of International Economics and Applied Research, University of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandDANIEL KÜBLER Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANDREASLADNER Assistant Professor, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandRENÉ LEVY Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandGISELA MICHEL Research Fellow, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSARAH NICOLET Teaching Asssistant, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandMEINRAD PERREZ Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head, Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandSTEFAN SACCHI Senior Researcher, Chair of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SwitzerlandALEXANDER SALVISBERG Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandANNETTE SCHERPENZEEL Psychologist and Freelance Senior Researcher, Swiss Household Panel, SwitzerlandDOMINIK SCHOEBI Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandPASCAL SCIARINI Professor of Political Science, Graduate Institute of Public Administration, SwitzerlandNORBERT K. SEMMER Head of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Berlin, GermanyRETO STEINER Lecturer in Business Administration, Center of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, SwitzerlandCHRISTIAN SUTER Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandFRAZISKA TSCHAN Professor in the Social Psychology of Work, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandDÖRTE WATZEK Research Fellow, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University ofFribourg, SwitzerlandERIC WIDMER Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandPETER WILHELM Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

• List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; H.Kriesi, P.Farago, M.Kohli & M.Zarin-Nejadan PART 1: THE SWISS WAY OF LIFE Relative Deprivation and Well-being: Switzerland in a Comparative Perspective; C.Suter & K.Iglesias What Pluralisation of the Life Course? An Analysis of Personal Trajectories and Conjugal Interactions in Contemporary Switzerland; E.Widmer, J.Kellerhals & R.Levy Facets of Emotion Regulation in Families with Adolescents: A New Research Approach; M.Perrez, D.Watzek, G.Michel, D.Schoebi, P.Wilhelm & Y.Hänggi The Impact of Social Inequalities on Personal Health; M.Budowski & A.Scherpenzeel PART 2: THE SWISS LABOUR MARKET Long-term Dynamics of Skill Demand in Switzerland from 1950-2000; S.Sacchi, A.Salvisberg & M.Buchmann Information Technology, Workplace Organisation and the Demand for Employees of Different Education Levels: Firm-level Evidence for the Swiss Economy; S.Arvanitis Young Adults Entering the Workforce in Switzerland: Working Conditions and Well-being; N.K.Semmer, F.Tschan, A.Elfering, W.Kälin & S.Grebner The Erosion of Regular Work: An Analysis of the Structural Changes in the Swiss and German Labour Markets; A.Diekmann & B.Jann PART 3: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Internationalization and Domestic Politics: Evidence from the Swiss Case; P.Sciarini & S.Nicolet Reforming the Swiss Municipalities: Efficiency or Democracy?; A.Ladner & R.Steiner The Lost Dimension of Swiss Federalism: Democracy Problems of New Regionalism in Metropolitan Areas; D.Kübler Sustainable Fiscal Policy in a Federal System: Switzerland an an Example; L.P.Feld & G.Kirchgässner References Index