Redundancies, labour turnover and employment contraction in the recession: A regional analysis

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Martin R. L. (1984) Redundancies, labour turnover and employment contraction in the recession: a regional analysis, Reg. Studies 18, 445–458. The rapid decline of the British economy during the current recession has generated considerable interest in the geography of employment contraction and the regional incidence of redundancy. In this paper it is argued that regional variations in the impact of redundancy need to be viewed in relation to the other labour turnover flows that contribute to net employment loss. Estimates of gross labour turnover flows suggest that there have been wide differences amongst the regions in the proportion of total discharges accounted for by redundancies. Furthermore, there is evidence that regional-specific rates of redundancy are related to: (1) the pace of decline in a region; (2) the average rate of national job turnover in the region; and (3) the extent to which such natural turnover declines as employment opportunities diminish and unemployment rises. The implication is that more attention should be paid to the overall personnel and manpower adjustment policies of individual firms in order to fully account for regional variations in redundancy and net employment contraction.

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