Do green jobs differ from non-green jobs in terms of skills and human capital?

Davide Consoli, Giovanni Marin, Alberto Marzucchi, Francesco Vona

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Abstract

This 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.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1046-1060
Numero di pagine15
RivistaResearch Policy
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016
Pubblicato esternamente

Keywords

  • Skills

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