Climate policies and skill-biased employment dynamics : evidence from EU countries
"The political acceptability of climate policies is undermined by job-killing arguments, especially for the least-skilled workers. However, evidence for distributional impacts for different workers remains scant. We examine the associations between climate policies, proxied by energy prices and...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19301807124911290899-Climate-policies-and-skill-bia.htm |
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| author | Marin, Giovanni Vona, Francesco |
| author_facet | Marin, Giovanni Vona, Francesco |
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| description | "The political acceptability of climate policies is undermined by job-killing arguments, especially for the least-skilled workers. However, evidence for distributional impacts for different workers remains scant. We examine the associations between climate policies, proxied by energy prices and a stringency index, and workforce skills for 14 European countries and 15 industrial sectors over the period of 1995-2011. We find that, while the long-term decline in employment in most carbon-intensive sectors is unrelated to policy stringency, climate policies have been skill biased against manual workers and have favoured technicians and professionals. This skill bias is confirmed using a shift-share instrumental variable estimator." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | EU countries |
| id | 19301807124911290899_482e87e011eb4d4690768b36369b3d0c |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19301807124911290899_482e87e011eb4d4690768b36369b3d0c |
| is_hierarchy_title | Climate policies and skill-biased employment dynamics : evidence from EU countries |
| language | English |
| physical | 39 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | Paris OFCE |
| spellingShingle | Marin, Giovanni Vona, Francesco environmental policy employment skill Climate policies and skill-biased employment dynamics : evidence from EU countries |
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| title | Climate policies and skill-biased employment dynamics : evidence from EU countries |
| topic | environmental policy employment skill |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19301807124911290899-Climate-policies-and-skill-bia.htm |