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Will Labour Shortages and Skills Mismatches Throw Sand in the Gears of the Green Transition in Belgium?
[Les pénuries de main‑d’œuvre et l’inadéquation des compétences vont‑elles freiner la transition écologique en Belgique ?]

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  • Mikkel Barslund

    (HIVA - HIVA-K.U.Leuven - Research Institute for Work and Society - KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

  • Wouter Gelade

    (Banque nationale de Belgique, UMONS - Université de Mons = University of Mons)

  • Geoffrey Minne

    (Banque nationale de Belgique, CEBRIG - Centre Emile Bernheim Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management)

Abstract

Cet article vise à caractériser les métiers verts en tension, à dresser le profil des personnes ayant transité vers ces métiers en tension, et enfin à explorer les facteurs qui facilitent ou entravent les transitions vers les métiers verts, en se plaçant notamment du point de vue des compétences nécessaires pour exercer ces métiers. En croisant les données de l'enquête sur les forces de travail belge avec les définitions internationales des métiers verts (O*NET) et des listes régionales de professions en tension, nous montrons que près de la moitié des emplois verts belges relèvent de professions en tension. La maîtrise des compétences techniques et des compétences en matière de gestion des ressources apparaît comme un facteur favorisant les transitions vers les métiers verts en tension. Nous montrons qu'en moyenne les profils de compétences associés aux métiers verts en tension sont éloignés des profils des métiers non-verts ou sans tension, mais que les travailleurs qui accèdent aux métiers verts en tension connaissent des changements de compétences plus limités que ce que l'on pourrait attendre.

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  • Mikkel Barslund & Wouter Gelade & Geoffrey Minne, 2026. "Will Labour Shortages and Skills Mismatches Throw Sand in the Gears of the Green Transition in Belgium? [Les pénuries de main‑d’œuvre et l’inadéquation des compétences vont‑elles freiner la transition écologique en Belgique ?]," Post-Print hal-05797528, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05797528
    DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2026.550.2147
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects

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