increasing competition in product markets should help reduce the wage gap by replacing old habits with the hunt for talent regardless of gender finally a corporate governance code in favour of a more equal representation of women in leadership positions and setting ambitious quantitative targets for women on boards combined with the comply or explain practise or quotas should help remove the socalled glass ceiling it ranks fourth in terms of gdp per capita in the oecd regularly places among the best countries in terms of quality of life and is one of the few western european countries that has managed to grow over the past few years however switzerland suffers from a number of weaknesses that prevent it from doing even better as outlined in the previous chapter one is the country s relatively modest longerterm productivity growth performance in this chapter it is argued that making fuller use of the economic potential of swiss women can be part of the solution