Research & theses

• 24 studies permanently archived on Zenodo, 21 of them with a dataset (CSV)
• Each with its own DOI, citable
• Licence CC BY 4.0: free to use with attribution
• Methodology and sources on every study page

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How to cite

Clino (2026). Title of the study [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.…

The ready-made citation with its DOI is at the bottom of every study page, under “Cite”.

Topics for bachelor's and master's theses

Each topic rests on an open dataset. The questions are open; we have no answer we want confirmed.

1. 1. The registration gap

   Zurich registers 31.3 employers per 1,000 private households in the simplified procedure, Basel-Landschaft 6.6, under the same federal law. Inspection density does not explain the difference. What does?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143720

2. 2. Chèque-emploi versus the simplified procedure

   In Vaud, 10,976 employers pay through Chèques-emploi, while 1,421 appear in the simplified procedure. Which registration route works how, and why?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143720

3. 3. Inspections in households

   Undeclared-work inspections in private households fell from 693 (2021) to 239 (2025), while across all sectors they rose by 19.8 %. Why?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143745

4. 4. The flat-rate tax

   At a monthly wage of CHF 1,000, the flat rate of 5 % in the simplified procedure costs the domestic worker CHF 444 to 600 a year more than the ordinary tariff; a spouse from a well-off household saves up to CHF 4,022. The distributional effects of a simplification.

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143734

5. 5. The multiple-employer trap

   The BVG threshold applies per employer: someone who works for four households builds up no second-pillar pension despite an income of CHF 24,000. How many people with several jobs does this affect?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143760

6. 6. Nanny or daycare

   From the second child on, a legally employed nanny costs less than two daycare places in Bern and Basel. What changes with the new childcare allowance of at least CHF 500 per child and month, which only funds daycare centres, day schools and organised childminder networks?

   Nanny–daycare tipping point · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143722Childcare allowance · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143732

7. 7. The babysitting market

   11,620 listings in 23 cantons: median CHF 20 to 30 an hour, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino 25 % cheaper than German-speaking Switzerland. What drives the rates?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143693

8. 8. Domestic workers of diplomats

   At least CHF 1,200 net for 45 hours a week, not indexed since 2011: with board and lodging, 47 % of the Geneva minimum wage. A wage regime of its own, next to the cantonal minimum wages.

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143713

9. 9. Premiums and low wages

   A domestic worker on the legal minimum wage works 31.1 hours a month in Ticino just to pay the average health insurance premium, in Zug 16.6. What does that mean for premium subsidies and minimum-wage policy?

   Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143715

10. 10. The online childcare market

    26,783 childcare listings on the largest platform: what web data show about a market no statistic counts, and where their limits lie.

    Study · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23143751

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