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Labour demand: The need for workers

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  • Gareth Clancy

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Analyses the role that taxes and benefits played in changes to the income distributionover the last 30 yearsThis article looks at the labour inputactually employed by private firms andpublic organisations. This gives labourdemand as the total number of jobs in theeconomy and the number of hours workedby people in employment. However, at anypoint in time, part of an employer’s needsfor labour may remain unmet. Unmetlabour demand is presented throughstatistics on vacancies, and also gives aninsight into whether job creation is fallingor rising. In addition, the article looks atother issues relating to the demand forlabour, namely job separations and reemployment,skills, and the relationshipbetween labour demand and theeconomic cycle. Economic & Labour Market Review (2009) 3, 21–29; doi:10.1057/elmr.2009.24

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  • Gareth Clancy, 2009. "Labour demand: The need for workers," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 3(2), pages 21-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:3:y:2009:i:2:p:21-29
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    1. Francis Green & Alan Felstead & Duncan Gallie & Hande Inanc & Nick Jewson, 2016. "The Declining Volume of Workers’ Training in Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 54(2), pages 422-448, June.

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