Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145374 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 48.2016
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green employment oscillates between 2 and 3 percent, and its trend is strongly pro-cyclical; 2. green jobs yield a 4 percent wage premium; 3. despite moderate catching-up across areas, green jobs remain more geographically concentrated than similar non-green jobs; and 4. the top green areas are mostly high-tech. As regards the drivers, changes in environmental regulation are a secondary force compared to the local endowment of green knowledge and resilience in the face of the great recession. To assess the impact of moving to greener activities, we estimate that one additional green job is associated with 4.2 (2.4 in the crisis period) new jobs in non-tradable activities in the local economies.
Subjects: 
Green Employment
Local Labor Markets
Environmental Regulation
Environmental Technologies
Local Multipliers
JEL: 
J23
O33
Q52
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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