Labour demand: The need for workers

Gareth Clancy
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Economic & Labour Market Review, 2009, vol. 3, issue 2, 21-29

Abstract: 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

Date: 2009
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