Workforce reduction and firm performance
Evidence from French firm data (1994-2000)
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| ID | 4771827 |
|---|---|
| Autores | B Reynaud (0000-0002-6208-9907, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 711-737 |
| Data de publicação | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mws017 |
| OpenAlex | W1602799559 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 21 |
Using a large annual data base of French firms (1994-2000), this article examines the determinants of a workforce reduction of publicly-listed and non-listed companies and their consequences on firm performance. Firstly, workforce reduction appears to be a defensive response to an adverse economic shock. However, publicly-listed firms anticipate better than the others the decision to cut jobs. Secondly, using a Difference in Differences model, the estimates indicate that there has been a very small but significant improvement in the major performance indicators of the non-listed companies. For listed-companies, the estimates are no significant
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Reduction (mathematics · Shock (circulatory · Workforce · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Medicine · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring · Accounting
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