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Are 'green' jobs good jobs?

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  • Mirko Draca
  • Jiaqi Li
  • Sabrina Muller
  • Viet Nguyen-Tien
  • Capucine Riom
  • Anna Valero

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The transition to net-zero will have far-reaching but unequal effects, as 'dirty' jobs disappear while new jobs aligned with or supportive of the net-zero objective - which we refer to as 'green' - are created. As governments worldwide increase their commitments to tackling climate change, there is a growing need to quantify and characterise the 'green economy', and to identify opportunities to be seized and challenges to be overcome in the transition to the net-zero economy of the future. To shed light on green jobs and inform policy and future research, we apply a granular analytical approach to quantify and describe green jobs in the UK and EU economies.

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  • Mirko Draca & Jiaqi Li & Sabrina Muller & Viet Nguyen-Tien & Capucine Riom & Anna Valero, 2021. "Are 'green' jobs good jobs?," CEP Reports 39, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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