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  "title": "Transitioning to a Greener Labor Market: Cross-Country Evidence from Microdata",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, July 22, 2022",
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  "summary": "This 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 and analyzes the labor market implications of the green economic transition and environmental policies.",
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      "content": "- 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.\n- Analyzes the labor market implications of the green economic transition and environmental policies.\n- Authors: John C Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Diaa Noureldin, Ippei Shibata, Marina Mendes Tavares.\n- Publication date: July 22, 2022.\n- Series: IMF Working Paper No. 2022/146."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Greener and more polluting jobs are concentrated among smaller subsets of workers.\n- Individual workers rarely move from more pollution-intensive to greener jobs.\n- Workers in green-intensive jobs earn on average 7 percent more than workers in pollution-intensive jobs."
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      "content": "- Data source: micro-level labor force survey data from 34 economies.\n- Time coverage: 2005 to 2019.\n- New contribution: a harmonized set of indicators measuring the environmental properties (pollution intensities and green intensity) of jobs based on microdata."
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      "heading": "Labor market implications and policy-relevant observations",
      "content": "- Labor reallocation appears limited: low frequency of worker transitions from pollution-intensive to green-intensive jobs.\n- Wage differentials: green-intensive job holders earn on average 7 percent more than pollution-intensive job holders.\n- 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.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/07/22/transitioning-to-a-greener-labor-market-cross-country-evidence-from-microdata-521182"
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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",
    "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.",
    "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 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 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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