Brexit and Skill Shortages: An Empirical Analysis of UK SMEs

Pattanapong Tiwasing

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    Abstract

    This paper examines the perspectives of SMEs on Brexit and skill shortages using cross-sectional data of 2,969 SMEs from a UK Government’s Small Business survey for 2016. The logistic regression with clustered standard errors is applied to analyse the association between SMEs considering Brexit as a major business obstacle and the probability of SMEs identifying skill shortages in their businesses. The results show that firms with a shortage of managerial skills/expertise have a 6.5% higher probability to report that Brexit will affect their businesses, followed by difficulties in staff recruitment (4.5%) and shortage of skills within external labour markets (3.8%). Policy recommendations are provided.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9-15
    Number of pages7
    JournalEconomics and Business Letters
    Volume10
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2021

    Bibliographical note

    Economics and Business Letters is an open-access quarterly peer-reviewed international journal

    Keywords

    • Brexit
    • skill shortages
    • SMEs
    • United Kingdom
    • Skill shortages

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
    • Business and International Management

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