Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232780 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14028
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper provides some of the first evidence of the relationship between eco-innovation and employment. Adopting a O*NET based task approach, in a study of the Dutch firms, we show that eco-innovation has no impact on overall employment. However, compared to non- eco-innovators there is an 18.2% increase in the number of green jobs (equivalent to 12 new green workers for the average firm). This means an average increase in the share of green workers of around 3.3%. Broadly speaking, the increase in the share of green jobs was driven by a reduction in non-green workers and a smaller but still significant increase in the number of green workers. We further show that subsidy-driven policies, rather than regulation-driven policies positively correlate with the number of green workers.
Subjects: 
eco-innovation
green jobs
subsidies
JEL: 
Q52
Q55
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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