Do financial constraints affect the composition of workers of a firm?

Robert Breunig (), Diana Hourani, Sasan Bakhtiari and Elisabetta Magnani
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Diana Hourani: Australian National University
Elisabetta Magnani: Macquarie University

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2020, vol. 23, issue 1, 79-97

Abstract: We study the relationship between financing constraints and the workforce composition of firms that employ both casual and non-casual workers. We use data on Australian firms from 2009-2014 and a more direct measure of firm financial constraints than previous studies. We show that the proportion of casual workers in firms grew over the time period being analysed. This was the case regardless of whether a firm was financially constrained or not. However, the magnitude of this change differed between financially constrained and unconstrained firms. We find that of firms whose workforces were growing, financially constrained firms hired relatively fewer casual workers than financially unconstrained firms did. This is consistent with firms using internal financing to cope with a lack of access to credit and equity.

Keywords: financial constraints; firm behaviour; employment patterns; casual work; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 J29 J49 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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