Transitioning to a Greener Labor Market: Cross-Country Evidence from Microdata
IMF Working Papers, July 22, 2022
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- Authors: John C Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Diaa Noureldin, Ippei Shibata, Marina Mendes Tavares
- Published: July 22, 2022
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400215568.001
Overview
- Paper builds a new set of harmonized indicators of the environmental properties of jobs using micro-level labor force survey data from 34 economies between 2005 and 2019.
- Analyzes the labor market implications of the green economic transition and environmental policies.
- Authors: John C Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Diaa Noureldin, Ippei Shibata, Marina Mendes Tavares.
- Publication date: July 22, 2022.
- Series: IMF Working Paper No. 2022/146.
Key findings
- Greener and more polluting jobs are concentrated among smaller subsets of workers.
- Individual workers rarely move from more pollution-intensive to greener jobs.
- Workers in green-intensive jobs earn on average 7 percent more than workers in pollution-intensive jobs.
Data and indicators
- Data source: micro-level labor force survey data from 34 economies.
- Time coverage: 2005 to 2019.
- New contribution: a harmonized set of indicators measuring the environmental properties (pollution intensities and green intensity) of jobs based on microdata.
Labor market implications and policy-relevant observations
- Labor reallocation appears limited: low frequency of worker transitions from pollution-intensive to green-intensive jobs.
- Wage differentials: green-intensive job holders earn on average 7 percent more than pollution-intensive job holders.
- Implication: targeted policies may be required to facilitate worker transitions given the concentration of green and polluting jobs among smaller worker subsets and the rarity of natural transitions.
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