Title of article
Firmsʹ expectations and employment behaviour: evidence from a panel of UK manufacturing firms
Author/Authors
Philip Andrew Stevens، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
4
From page
305
To page
308
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the effect of expectations of future sales on employment adjustment. We find that UK manufacturing firmsʹ sales expectations have a statistically significant effect on their employment behaviour, leading to employment being more sluggish to respond when firms expect sales to rise.
Keywords
Panel data , unemployment , Expectations , Labour demand
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435302
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