@article{Vona:243149,
      recid = {243149},
      author = {Vona, Francesco and Marin, Giovanni and Consoli, Davide},
      title = {Measures, Drivers and Effects of Green Employment:  Evidence from US Local Labor Markets, 2006-2014},
      address = {2016-07-31},
      number = {839-2016-55881},
      series = {MITP},
      pages = {78},
      month = {Jul},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {This paper explores the nature and the key empirical  regularities of green employment in US local labor markets  between 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green  employment based on the task content of occupations.  Descriptive analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of  green employment oscillates between 2 and 3 percent, and  its trend is strongly pro-cyclical; 2. green jobs yield a 4  percent wage premium; 3. despite moderate catching-up  across areas, green jobs remain more geographically  concentrated than similar non-green jobs; and 4. the top  green areas are mostly high-tech. As regards the drivers,  changes in environmental regulation are a secondary force  compared to the local endowment of green knowledge and  resilience in the face of the great recession. To assess  the impact of moving to greener activities, we estimate  that one additional green job is associated with 4.2 (2.4  in the crisis period) new jobs in non-tradable activities  in the local economies.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/243149},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.243149},
}