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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-15 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Economics and Business Letters |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Feb 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Economics and Business Letters is an open-access quarterly peer-reviewed international journalKeywords
- Brexit
- skill shortages
- SMEs
- United Kingdom
- Skill shortages
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Business and International Management