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Do green jobs differ from non-green jobs in terms of skills and human capital?
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posted on 2023-06-09, 01:56 authored by Davide Consoli, Giovanni Marin, Alberto Marzucchi, Francesco VonaThis paper elaborates an empirical analysis of labour force characteristics that emerge as a response to the growing importance of environmental sustainability. Using data on the United States we compare green and non-green occupations to detect differences in terms of skill content and of human capital. Our empirical profiling reveals that green jobs use more intensively high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills compared to non-green jobs. Green occupations also exhibit higher levels of standard dimensions of human capital such as formal education, work experience and on-the-job training. While preliminary, our exploratory exercise seeks to call attention to an underdeveloped theme, namely the labour market implications associated with the transition towards green growth.
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Research PolicyISSN
0048-7333Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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5Volume
45Page range
1046-1060Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2016-06-28First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-03-05Usage metrics
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