MOBIS fringe benefits study: Data and variable description

Abstract

Many employers offer their employees fringe benefits as a perk for working for the company to attract and retain qualified workers. According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), 58% of companies in Switzerland offered parking, 56% offered a car for private use to at least some of their employees, and barely 10% of companies offered a railway season ticket subscription in 2010. These mobility-related benefits influence the employees’ mobility tool ownership and possibly their mode choice behaviour; however, the impacts of mobility-related fringe benefits in Switzerland are still unclear. The last detailed survey of fringe benefits offered by employers was conducted by the BFS in 2010 in parallel to the Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Thus, a more recent mobility-related fringe benefits survey of the MOBIS study participants was conducted to analyze both who receives these fringe benefits and how these jointly influence the mode share for work commute trips.