Jobs Impact of Green Energy
IMF Working Papers, May 27, 2022
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- Authors: Jaden Kim, Adil Mohommad
- Published: May 27, 2022
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400210631.001
Purpose and scope
- Brief paper accompanies the Green Energy and Jobs tool, a simple excel-based tool to estimate the job-creation potential of greening the electricity sector.
- Calculates net job gains or losses from:
- increasing the level of energy efficiency, and
- increasing the share of clean and renewable electricity generation in the total electricity output mix.
- Tool intended to help country teams engage further on climate change issues in bilateral surveillance.
Methodology and evidence base
- Relies on estimates of job multipliers in the literature.
- Adds evidence from firm-level data on the job-intensity of different energy sources.
Applications and scenarios illustrated
- Paper illustrates applications of the tool using data from the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario compared to business-as-usual.
Key findings and emphases (as described)
- Focuses on estimating net job gains or losses when greening the electricity sector through:
- enhanced energy efficiency, and
- higher shares of clean and renewable electricity generation.
- Emphasizes combining literature job multipliers with firm-level job-intensity evidence to inform estimates.
Intended users and use cases
- Country teams conducting bilateral surveillance and engaging on climate change issues.
- Users interested in translating electricity-sector decarbonization pathways into employment impacts.
Publication and metadata
- Authors: Jaden Kim, Adil Mohommad
- Date: May 27, 2022
- Series: Working Paper No. 2022/101
- Issue: 101
- Volume: 2022
- Pages: 17
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400210631.001
- ISBN: 9798400210631
- ISSN: 1018-5941
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