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'Green' Growth, 'Green' Jobs and Labor Markets

The term 'green jobs' can refer to employment in a narrowly defined set of industries providing environmental services. But it is more useful for the policy-maker to focus on the broader issue of the employment consequences of policies to...

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Main Author:	Bowen, Alex
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADJUSTMENT COSTS ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AFFORESTATION AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AGGREGATE SUPPLY AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ALLOWANCE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ATMOSPHERE BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIOMASS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL FORMATION CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON ENERGY CARBON PRICE CARBON SOURCES CARBON TAX CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COMMODITY TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONVERGENCE CREATING JOBS CROWDING OUT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIRECT JOB CREATION DISEQUILIBRIUM DISPLACED LABOR DISPLACEMENT DOUBLE DIVIDEND DOUBLE DIVIDEND HYPOTHESIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DYNAMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION EMISSIONS INTENSITY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES FERTILIZERS FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESTORATION FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAVY INDUSTRY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB DISPLACEMENT JOB GENERATION JOB LOSSES JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR DEMAND LABOUR MARKET LABOUR SUPPLY LAND USE LOW-CARBON MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET PRICES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MULTIPLIER EFFECT MULTIPLIERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES OCCUPATIONS OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS PAID WORKERS PAYROLL TAX PAYROLL TAXES PESTICIDES PHOTOVOLTAICS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION PP PREVIOUS SECTION PRICE CHANGES PRICE POLICIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC WORKS REAL WAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RETROFITTING REVENUE RECYCLING RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL WORKERS SHADOW PRICES SKILL REQUIREMENTS SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED WORKERS SOLAR POWER STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLY CURVES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX REVENUE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEP UNSKILLED JOBS UNSKILLED LABOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE GAP WAGE GROWTH WAGE RATES WAGE RIGIDITY WAGES WASTE MANAGEMENT WIND WIND POWER WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS
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