Benjamin Lerch - Policy

Policy briefs and op-ed

Energy transition and climate change 🌱

Policy briefs:

Clima e pensioni: Due mondi, ma solo in apparenza, Corriere del Ticino, October 18, 2025
Transizione ecologica in cerca di sostenibilità fiscale, Lavoce.info, January 14, 2025
Belastet die Klimapolitik die öffentlichen Finanzen?, Die Volkswirtschaft, June 25, 2024 (with Martin Baur, Thomas Brändle and Roman Elbel)

Contribution in policy reports:

Macroeconomics of Green and Resilient Transitions (Swiss case studies and review), Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, June 16, 2025
2024 Fiscal Sustainability Report: Ageing and Net-Zero Target (Chapter 3), Federal Department of Finance, April 23, 2024

Demographic change 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Policy briefs:

Warum die Gesundheitsausgaben steigen, Die Volkswirtschaft, September 4, 2025 (with Carsten Colombier and Thomas Brändle)
Die Alterung verursacht Zusatzlasten für den Staat, Die Volkswirtschaft, June 25, 2024 (with Carsten Colombier and Thomas Brändle)

Contribution in policy reports:

Determinants of Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from Switzerland between 1960-2022, Federal Finance Administration Working Paper No. 27, June, 2025
2024 Fiscal Sustainability Report: Ageing and Net-Zero Target (Chapter 2), Federal Department of Finance, April 23, 2024

Automation and labor markets 🤖

Policy briefs:

The uneven labor market impact of industrial robots, AEA Research Highlights, March 6, 2025
The Human-Technology Showdown through the Eyes of AI, January 9, 2023
Wie können wir mit dem technologischen Wandel Schritt halten?, Ökonomenstimme.org, April, 20, 2022 (with Giuseppe Di Giacomo)
The importance of human capital in the era of automation, LSE Business Review, April 13, 2022 (with Giuseppe Di Giacomo)
Per lavoratori e robot un futuro di convivenza, Lavoce.info, March 16, 2022 (with Giuseppe Di Giacomo)

I robot fanno studiare di più, Lavoce.info, January 28, 2022 (with Giuseppe Di Giacomo)

Quarta rivoluzione industriale, sì ma sostenibile e inclusiva, Corriere del Ticino, May 18, 2021 (with Giovanni Pica)
Der Aufstieg der Roboter und der Rückgang der Erwerbsbeteiligung, Ökonomenstimme.org, March 23, 2021
Il futuro del lavoro nell’era dell’automazione, Corriere del Ticino, November 25, 2020

Other topics 🔣

Policy briefs:

Deutschland lockert seine Schuldenbremse, Die Volkswirtschaft, August 5, 2025 (with Thomas Brändle and Samuel Schmassmann)
Dove aumenta il turismo diminuiscono i laureati, Lavoce.info, April 7, 2025 (with Giuseppe Di Giacomo)
Wie machen Gemeinden mehr aus ihrem Geld?, Schweizer Gemeinde 3, 2018 (with Markus C. Arnold, David Lips and Ramon Sprecher)

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