Scientific Activities

Beside data generation, the SHP team is involved in a wide range of scientific activities and makes its data available to the scientific community.

Events

We organize an annual event, alternatingly an international conference and a methodological workshop. The conference allows panel users to meet, to discuss the use of the SHP data and panel data in general, and present their ongoing work. The aim of the workshop is to familiarise users with longitudinal analysis methods.

Upcoming in 2026

In 2026, we will organise a methods workshop.

Past events

2025

On June 4-5, 2025, the SHP and TREE (Transitions from Education to Employment) celebrated 25 years of longitudinal surveys in Switzerland.

Please find all the information here.

2024

The SHP workshop took place from June 4th to June 7th, 2024. After a one-day introduction to the SHP and data management with SPSS led by members of the SHP team, Prof. Matthias Studer and his team from the University of Geneva gave an introduction to Sequence Analysis.

2023

The 12^th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland took place on the 14^th and 15^th of June 2023 at the University of Lausanne. You can find the program here.

Research network

Data users become members of the “Living in Switzerland” research network. They automatically receive an invitation to the Swiss Panel Conference and to workshops.

Currently, our research network has more than 1’500 registered members coming from a wide range of disciplines: sociology, economics, political science, public health, psychology, statistics, education and geography. The SHP data are not only used by academic institutions in Switzerland and abroad, but also by the public administration.

Members of the research network who wish to make changes to their profile can do that directly on SWISSUbase.

Publications of the research network

You can search the bibliographic database by title or author:

You can also access the Zotero database for more complex search options.

If you have worked with the Swiss Household Panel and miss your publication in this list, or if you want to announce a new publication, please send the complete reference to swisspanel@fors.unil.ch. Thank you for your collaboration.

The SHP is also involved in many international projects and enables comparisons with surveys or panels in other countries.

Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)

The SHP is part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF). The CNEF contains equivalently defined variables for the US – Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), the British Household Panel Study (BHPS)/(Understanding Society), the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), the Korean Labour and Income Panel Survey (KLIPS), the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE), the Japan Household Panel Survey (JHPS) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP).

The data is designed to allow cross-national researchers to access a simplified version of these panels with guidelines for formulating equivalent variables across countries.

An article (Frick et al. 2007) describing the CNEF project can be downloaded here.

The CNEF variables of the SHP can be obtained via two channels:

Download CNEF variables of the SHP via SWISSUbase.
Access CNEF data of all member countries via the CNEF-Homepage.

The CNEF data and documentation can be obtained via the CNEF-Homepage. However, to access CNEF versions of the data you must (1) apply to the provider in each country for permission and (2) contact the CNEF-project team to receive your copy of the cross national dataset.

Comparative Panel File (CPF)

The Comparative Panel File (CPF) is an open science project to harmonise the world’s major and longest-running household panel surveys from seven countries: Australia (HILDA), Germany (SOEP), Great Britain (BHPS and UKHLS), Korea (KLIPS), Russia (RLMS), Switzerland (SHP), and the United States (PSID). The CPF provides an open-source code to construct a comparative dataset based on the original data from the household panel surveys. The code can be further modified and extended. The project aims to support the community of sociologists, demographers and other researchers interested in comparative life course studies. The multilevel panel data covering long periods and several general population surveys allow analysing individual trajectories, time trends, contextual effects and country differences.

See also: Turek, C., Kalmijn, M., Leopold, T. 2020. Comparative Panel File: Household Panel Surveys from Seven Countries.

Longitudinal Integration of Biographies (LIB)

The Longitudinal Integration of Biographies (LIB) is an open science initiative focused on harmonizing longitudinal data on fertility, partnership, and employment from longitudinal datasets across multiple countries. The aim is to provide researchers with consistent, comparable data across countries enhancing the scope and rigour of international research in the social sciences.

The LIB has been developed at the LabFam, University of Warsaw, by Ewa Weychert, Beata Osiewalska, Lucas van der Velde, and Anna Matysiak and includes the following databases:

Germany: SOEP (German Socio-Economic Panel)
Switzerland: SHP (Swiss Household Panel)
UK: BHPS/UKHLS (British Household Panel Survey; UK Household Longitudinal Study)
Italy: FSS (Family and Social Subjects Survey)
US: PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics)
Australia: HILDA (Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey)

Links to other panel studies

Other panel studies in Switzerland:

Transitions for Education to Employment (TREE)

Swiss Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (COCON)

Survey on Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

The SHP survey enjoys a favourable echo in Switzerland’s media as the articles show.

SHP in the media

«Wenn du dich um keine Frau kümmerst, wer bist du überhaupt?»
Tagesanzeiger, May 19, 2025

Rezepte gegen die 2-Kind-Norm
Freiburger Nachrichten, April 28, 2025

Jamais le taux de fécondité n’avait été aussi bas en Suisse
Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Forum, April 5, 2025

Divorce: Les femmes payent le prix fort
Dorian Kessler, Professor at Bern University of Applied Sciences
RTS – Forum, March 18, 2025

Même chez les couples progressistes, des freins à une répartition du travail égalitaire
Le Temps, March 13, 2025

Sind Sie ein ängstlicher Typ?
Tagesanzeiger, October 18, 2024

Sind Sie risikoscheu?
Tagesanzeiger, September 20, 2024

Jeunesse, lʹultra moderne solitude
Marieke Voorpostel, Deputy head of group SHP
RTS La 1^ère – Les Echos de Vacarme, September 15, 2024

Les Suisses ont un bon moral mais sont inquiets face à l’avenir (starting at minute 15)
Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – La Matinale, September 5, 2024

Il faut se préparer à un avenir sans enfants
Le Matin Dimanche, July 28, 2024

Einsamkeitsepidemie der Männer: Zwei von drei jungen Schweizern haben keine Beziehung
Tagesanzeiger, July 26, 2024

Glauben Sie an Gott?
Tagesanzeiger, May 3, 2024

Also doch Helikoptereltern
NZZ am Sonntag, March 17, 2024

Die Qual der Männer auf dem Liebesmarkt: Die Zahl der unfreiwilligen Junggesellen in der Schweiz wächst
NZZ am Sonntag, February 24, 2024

Faut-il inciter la population suisse à faire des enfants?
Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Forum, January 23, 2024

Soziologin Laura Bernardi über das Phänomen unfreiwillige Single-Männer
Blick, December 4, 2023

In This Country, Most People Rent for Life. Is That Really What They Want?
The New York Times, November 6, 2023

Eclairage et commentaires de certains des résultats d’un grand sondage d’opinion de la SSR à la lumière de l’enquête «Vivre en Suisse»
Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Forum, August 23, 2023

Clémentine Rossier, démographe: «La plupart des jeunes Suisses disent vouloir des enfants, beaucoup n’en font pas»
Le Temps, August 1, 2023

Pourquoi les Suisses font moins d’enfants ?
Interview with Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Forum, July 19, 2023

Et si on touchait l’AVS en fonction du nombre d’enfants?
20 Minutes, July 16, 2023

Trend zur Kinderlosigkeit beschleunigt sich markant
NZZ am Sonntag, July 16, 2023

Rise of voluntary childlessness poses a demographic challenge in Switzerland
The Rising Nepal, July 1, 2023

Erst teuer studieren, dann Steuern optimieren
NZZ am Sonntag, March 12, 2023

La santé, cette oubliée du débat
Le Temps, February 1, 2023

Bin ich optimistisch?
Tagesanzeiger, January 27, 2023

Mariage, un rêve et des promesses
Interview (French) with Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Les Echos de Vacarme, January 15, 2023

Faut-il introduire en Suisse le PACS pour tous?
Interview (French) with Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at the SHP
RTS – Forum, November 15, 2022

Klima und Umweltfragen mobilisieren alle Generationen
higgs, February 22, 2022

Frauen haben weniger Interesse an Vollzeitjobs – nicht nur wegen der Kinder
Tagesanzeiger, February 21, 2022

Klima und Umweltfragen mobilisieren alle Generationen
DeFacto, February 7, 2022

La pandémie est un pas en arrière en matière d’égalité
24 Heures, November 10, 2021

Comment les couples deviennent (presque) des sosies
24 Heures, July 27, 2021

Die Pandemie bedeutete nicht für alle mehr Stress
NZZ, July 12, 2021

Sie wollen ihr Vor-Corona-Leben nicht zurück: Warum rekordviele Menschen eine Firma gründen
Luzerner Zeitung, July 10, 2021

Le semi-confinement a déstressé les plus aisés
Le Temps, July 7, 2021

Coronavirus: la première vague a été une pause pour les personnes stressées
Le Nouvelliste, July 6, 2021

Same article also published in La Côte

La pandémie, une pause pour les personnes stressées
RTS info, July 6, 2021

Les bas revenus ont davantage souffert de la pandémie
SWI swissinfo, June 24, 2021

Geringverdienende bekommen Corona-Pandemie stärker zu spüren
Argovia Today, June 24, 2021

Same article also published in the Blick “Arme sind stärker von Pandemie betroffen“

Persone con basso reddito più colpite dalla pandemia
laRegione, June 24, 2021

Gesünder leben trotz Corona?
Die Volkswirtschaft, May 19, 2021 (FR)

Der Lockdown ist auch ein Stresskiller
Tages-Anzeiger, March 24, 2021

Gleichstellung in der Schweiz: Erwerbstätigkeit von Müttern noch immer wenig akzeptiert
BEEHIVE, February 20, 2021

Les jeunes plus conservateurs sur l’égalité hommes-femmes?
24 heures, February 13, 2021

Same article also published in Tribune de Genève

«La participation des femmes au marché du travail est plébiscitée tant qu’elles n’ont pas d’enfant», conclut une étude
Le Temps, February 10, 2021

«The participation of women in the labor market is popular as long as they have no children », concludes a study
World Today News, February 10, 2021

Sciences sociales: les milléniaux ont des attitudes de genre plus traditionnelles
Le Nouvelliste, February 9, 2021

Same article also published in La Côte

Egalité des genres: l’emploi des mères toujours mal accepté
HR Today, February 9, 2021

Sui ruoli uomo-donna i Millennials sono tradizionalisti
laRegione, February 9, 2021

I millennial non conoscono la parità di genere
Ticinonline, February 9, 2021

Millennials hanno visione tradizionale ruoli uomo e donna, studio
SWI swissinfo, February 9, 2021

Ne pas avoir d’enfant est associé à de l’égoïsme
Migrosmagazin, August 17, 2020

Day of the sick – italian
Tag der Kranken, February 29, 2020

Comment le statut social des individus influence leur choix d’un partenaire?
RTS Avis d’experts, Tribu, Mai 31 , 2020

“Comment se porte l’union libre?”
Radio Télévision Suisse la 1ère. Emission “ON EN PARLE”, May 4, 2019 with Valérie-Anne Ryser, Senior Researcher at Fors.

Eclairage: Comment rebondissons-nous dans l’adversité?
ARCINFO, April 8, 2019

Wie ungleich die Einkommen verteilt sind
Republik, March 25, 2019

Les couples qui gagnent le même salaire seraient plus heureux en amour
Femina, March 18, 2019

Die «Sex and the City»-Falle: Männer müssen Bildungsnachteil mit Einkommen wettmachen
Aargauer Zeitung, March 10, 2019

Liebe geht auch durchs Portemonnaie
Tages-Anzeiger, March 7, 2019

Same article also published in the Basler Zeitung and in the Berner Zeitung.

En Suisse, les gens trouvent de plus en plus l’amour dans leur catégorie de revenue
La Côte, March 5, 2019

Same article also published in Le Nouvelliste, on Radio Jura Bernois and on swissinfo.ch.

L’importance croissante du revenu pour le choix du partenaire
Le Temps, March 5, 2019

L’amore sboccia fra chi guadagna uguale
Ticinonews, March 5, 2019

Teilzeitarbeit macht Väter unglücklich
Der Bund, July 4, 2018

Discussion about the article of July 4 on infosperber.

Non di solo pane si nutrono le scelte femminili
Rete due, April 12, 2018

Die Kraft der Freundschaft
NZZ am Sonntag, December 24, 2017

Glücklich ist der Teilzeit-Papa nur in der Theorie
NZZ am Sonntag, September 10, 2017

Frauen sind mit Teilzeit glücklicher als Männer
St. Galler Tagblatt, September 7, 2017

Frauen glücklicher als Männer mit Teilzeitarbeit
Luzerner Zeitung, September 7, 2017

Teilzeit macht Frauen glücklich und Männer unglücklich
Aargauer Zeitung, September 7, 2017

Teilzeit oder Vollzeit, was macht zufriedener? (version française ici)
DeFacto, September 5, 2017

Heiraten macht krank!
Blick, June 4, 2017

Get Married, Get Healthy? Maybe Not
The New York Times, May 25, 2017

Jobverlust stiehlt Kinderwunsch
Wiener Zeitung, March 17, 2017

Jeder Zehnte findet seine Wohnung zu gross
NZZ, December 8, 2016

Un ménage sur dix occupe un logement trop grand
Le Matin, December 8, 2016

Der steinige Weg zum Wohneigentum. Nur wer erbt, kann kaufen
NZZ, November 26, 2016

“Changer de parti?”
Radio Télévision Suisse la 1ère. Emission “TRIBU”, December 15, 2015
Dr Ursina Kuhn, collaboratrice scientifique de l‘enquête « Vivre en Suisse », a fait une thèse basée sur les données de notre enquête sur les changements de préférences partisanes. Dans l’émission TRIBU, elle présente les résultats de sa thèse.

La maturité ne condamne pas à une vie en marge du marché du travail!
Le Temps, 29 juin 2016

Les crises ont un effet égalitaire
Le Courrier, October 13, 2015

Schweizer beim Wählen alles andere als treu
20 Minuten, October 9, 2015

Les inégalités du revenu suisse
Le Temps, October 7, 2015

Einkommensverteilung in der Schweiz. Konstante Ungleichheit seit 1990
NZZ, October 7, 2015

L’électeur suisse est très volatil, un sur deux change de parti
La gruyère, October 6, 2015

50% des suisses changent de parti politique
Allez savoir, September, 2015

Un Suisse sur deux est infidèle en politique
Le Matin, September 20, 2015

“Travailler, comment on s’arrête?”
Radio Télévision Suisse la 1ère. Emission “VACARME”, September 2, 2015
Dr Valérie-Anne Ryser est une collaboratrice scientifique de l’enquête « Vivre en Suisse ». Avec d’autres invités, elle discute dans l’émission VACARME des expériences faites par les personnes lors de la transition de l’emploi à la retraite.

Arbeitslosigkeit ist keine Gewöhnungssache
Psychologie Heute, March, 2013

A Home of One’s Own
Bulletin, January, 2013

“Décryptage du Panel suisse de ménages”
Radio Télévision Suisse la 1ère. Emission “ON EN PARLE”, January 24, 2013
Dario Spini est professeur à l’Université de Lausanne et directeur du PRN LIVES. Invité de l’émission ON EN PARLE, il présente notre enquête à un grand public.