Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283174 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2023-003
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Jena
Abstract: 
Green innovations aim to improve and reduce the environmental impact of economic activities. Thus far, research focus on the positive trajectories of green transition. Recent studies focus also on the speed of transition and on its effects on economic outcomes. Continuing in this direction we focus on brown regions (i.e. specialized in fossil-fuel technologies) and the challenges that they face to become sustainable. Taking as example German Labour Market Regions we identify brown regions and measure their transition using an innovative approach based on Social Network Analysis and Knowledge Spaces. We find that the earlier a region transitioned to green technologies, the better it is for both its social and economic outcomes. Our findings imply that the transition of brown regions has effects on socio-economic outcomes not yet accounted for in the sustainability transition literature.
Subjects: 
green transition
green technologies
knowledge spaces
network embeddedness
socio-economic development
JEL: 
O32
O33
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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