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dc.contributor.authorRennings, Klausen
dc.contributor.authorZwick, Thomasen
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:55:25Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:55:25Z-
dc.date.issued2001-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24427-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that have introduced environmental innovations recently. Environmentally beneficial product and service innovations create jobs in contrast to process innovations. Employment changes occur in the wake of major innovations only and especially in small firms and firms with positive sales expectations. While innovations purely motivated by environmental goals tend not to have employment effects, cost reductions envisaged by environmental innovations reduce employment. We detect skill biased technological change of environmental innovations. Environmental innovations have a small but positive effect on employment on the firm level. Thus, environmental support programmes do not counteract labour market policy. A further shift from end-of-pipe technologies to cleaner production, especially towards product and service innovations, would be beneficial for the environment and creates jobs.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x01-08en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelQ50en
dc.subject.jelJ23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEnvironmental technologiesen
dc.subject.keywordcleaner productionen
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordlabour demanden
dc.subject.stwUmweltschutzen
dc.subject.stwUmwelttechniken
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwTechnischer Fortschritten
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwIndustrielle Umweltbelastungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwItalienen
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwNiederlandeen
dc.titleThe employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level: empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn855940352en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:5363en

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