TY - JOUR
T1 - Does eco-innovation stimulate employment? The case of Spanish manufacturing firms
AU - Fernández, Sara
AU - Torrecillas, Celia
AU - Arenas Diaz, Guillermo
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The demand for eco-products due to the exigency of friendly and environmental production could affect the employment of the firms. This paper tests whether product and process eco-innovations boost employment in Spain differentiating by the environmental goals (material and energy efficiency and environment responsiveness), by the level of qualification of the workers, and by the dirtiness of the industries. We apply a Green Harrison model, using the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for Spain from 2008 to 2016. Results show a positive relationship between all types of product eco-innovations and employment, while the influence of process eco-innovations on employment depends on the environmental goals, the level of skills, and the industry. Specifically, distinguishing by industry there is a labour-saving effect in clean industries and a labour-friendly effect for low-skilled employment in dirty industries.
AB - The demand for eco-products due to the exigency of friendly and environmental production could affect the employment of the firms. This paper tests whether product and process eco-innovations boost employment in Spain differentiating by the environmental goals (material and energy efficiency and environment responsiveness), by the level of qualification of the workers, and by the dirtiness of the industries. We apply a Green Harrison model, using the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for Spain from 2008 to 2016. Results show a positive relationship between all types of product eco-innovations and employment, while the influence of process eco-innovations on employment depends on the environmental goals, the level of skills, and the industry. Specifically, distinguishing by industry there is a labour-saving effect in clean industries and a labour-friendly effect for low-skilled employment in dirty industries.
KW - Dirty and clean industries
KW - Eco-innovations
KW - Employment
KW - Harrison model
KW - High- and low-skilled
KW - Dirty and clean industries
KW - Eco-innovations
KW - Employment
KW - Harrison model
KW - High- and low-skilled
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/274614
U2 - 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.03.007
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-349X
VL - 69
SP - 571
EP - 585
JO - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
JF - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
ER -
