TY - JOUR
T1 - Skill shortages in regional Australia
T2 - A local perspective from the Riverina
AU - Sharma, Kishor
AU - Oczkowski, Edward
AU - Hicks, John
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Economic Analysis and Policy. ISSNs: 0313-5926;
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper examines the extent, mitigating strategies and consequences of skill shortages in the ‘food bowl’ Riverina region of Australia. Employing survey data, empirical models are developed to analyse the importance of firm size, firm age, regional market focus, and location and industry types influencing a series of skill shortage issues. Results indicate that half of businesses experience skill shortages. The consequences of hard-to-fill vacancies vary across firms and relate to lower productivity and higher running costs. A number of strategies are employed to varying degrees by firms including: recruiting internationally, training existing staff and employing less qualified staff to fill vacancies.
AB - This paper examines the extent, mitigating strategies and consequences of skill shortages in the ‘food bowl’ Riverina region of Australia. Employing survey data, empirical models are developed to analyse the importance of firm size, firm age, regional market focus, and location and industry types influencing a series of skill shortage issues. Results indicate that half of businesses experience skill shortages. The consequences of hard-to-fill vacancies vary across firms and relate to lower productivity and higher running costs. A number of strategies are employed to varying degrees by firms including: recruiting internationally, training existing staff and employing less qualified staff to fill vacancies.
KW - Labour Skill shortages Regional labour markets Food production Riverina
U2 - 10.1016/j.eap.2016.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.eap.2016.08.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0313-5926
VL - 52
SP - 34
EP - 44
JO - Economic Analysis and Policy
JF - Economic Analysis and Policy
ER -
