The green potential of occupations in Switzerland

Lobsiger, Michael; Rutzer, Christian

doi:10.1186/s41937-021-00076-y

Cited by 3 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The resulting greenness scores at the 2-digit ISCO level are shown in Figure 1. The results are very similar to previous literature (Vona et al, 2018;Elliott et al, 2021;Rutzer and Niggli, 2020;Lobsiger and Rutzer, 2021). Occupations with the highest green potential are science and engineering professionals, managers, assemblers, whereas among those with the lowest green potential we find health and personal services workers, and clerks.…”

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…For instance, occupations with relatively high green potential, such as science or engineering, are expected to benefit from greening, while low green potential occupations, like elementary occupations or clerical support workers, could lose. Similarly, Lobsiger and Rutzer (2021) measure the green potential of occupations in Switzerland and estimate that 16.7% of employment is in occupations with high green potential. Moreover, these workers are, on average, younger, more often men, have a higher level of education and a higher probability of having immigrated than employed persons in occupations with low green potential.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, we calculate the greenness scores proposed in Vona (2021) in the O*NET dataset at the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) level, and then extrapolate them to the Argentine occupational classification to impute them to each person employed in the PHS. This procedure has already been applied in several papers (Rutzer and Niggli, 2020;Lobsiger and Rutzer, 2021;Elliott et al, 2021;Valero et al, 2021) and is common in the automation literature (Gasparini et al, 2020;Brambilla et al, 2021) and more recently in the teleworking literature (Albrieu, 2020;Foschiatti and Gasparini, 2020;de la Vega, 2021). As stated in the previous section, these studies have been criticized because the task content varies depending on the level of development and, therefore, it would not be correct to extrapolate estimates based on the United States to other countries, particularly emerging ones (Dicarlo et al, 2016;Bello et al, 2019).…”

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Elliott et al (2021) consider an individual to be a green worker if their corresponding occupational greenness score is greater than the average greenness (0.189 in their sample). Similarly, Lobsiger and Rutzer (2021) define high-green-potential occupations as those with green potential larger or equal to 0.5. This threshold was adopted because they find a significant positive association between an increase in the implicit emission tax and demand only for occupations with a green potential equal to or above 0.5.…”

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In light of the above, this paper aims to characterize the potential of green jobs in Argentina -defined as the ability of an occupation to be able to perform green tasks (Lobsiger and Rutzer, 2021). We identify which type of workers would win or lose as a consequence of the transition to a green economy, using occupational green potential scores calculated with US O*NET data.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Going Green: Estimating the Potential of Green Jobs in Argentina

Porto¹,

Vega²,

Cerimelo³

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper aims to identify and characterize the potential of green jobs in Argentina, i.e., those that would benefit from a transition to a green economy, using occupational green potential scores calculated in US O*NET data. We apply the greenness scores to Argentine household survey data and estimate that 25% of workers are in green jobs, i.e., have a high green potential. However, when taking into account the informality dimension, we find that 15% of workers and 12% of wage earners are in formal green jobs. We then analyze the relationship between the greenness scores (with emphasis on the nexus with decent work) and various labor and demographic variables at the individual level. We find that for the full sample of workers the green potential is relatively greater for men, the elderly, those with very high qualifications, those in formal positions, and those in specific sectors such as construction, transportation, mining, and industry. These are the groups that are likely to be the most benefited by the greening of the Argentine economy. When we restrict the sample to wage earners, the green potential score is positively associated with informality.

show abstract

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Sources and Variable Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Going Green: Estimating the Potential of Green Jobs in Argentina

Porto¹,

Vega²,

Cerimelo³

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Going green: estimating the potential of green jobs in Argentina

de la Vega,

Porto,

Cerimelo

2024

J Labour Market Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper aims to identify and characterize the potential of green jobs in Argentina, i.e., those workers that would benefit from a transition to a green economy, using occupational green potential scores calculated in US O*NET data for the period 2015–2021. We apply the greenness scores to Argentine household survey data and estimate that between 23 and 25 percent of workers are in green jobs, i.e., have a high green potential. However, to promote and ensure an inclusive and effective green transition, we consider the decent work dimension (through legal informality measures), and find that between 11 and 12 percent of wage earners are in green formal jobs. We then analyze the relationship between the green job indicators and various labor and demographic variables at the individual level. We find that the green potential is relatively greater for men, the elderly, those with very high qualifications, and those in specific sectors such as construction, transportation, mining, and industry. These are the groups that are likely to be the most benefited by the greening of the Argentine economy. The green potential score is positively associated with informality, thus the green transition may be incompatible with decent work.

show abstract

Go green in a greener world

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The global economy is going through a period of drastic changes. One of the main initiatives is the Green Deal, seeking a modern, resource-efficient competitive economy by 2050.However, transformation implies collaboration by all, not just in Europe but globally. Educate future generations from an ecological perspective, re-qualifying employees within sectors prone to change and modifying or eliminating some jobs in “brown” sectors are some of the causes and consequences of change.Higher Education institutions (HEIs) will be required globally, to provide solutions to the market, providing new professionals able to tackle the New Green Challenge.

show abstract

The green potential of occupations in Switzerland

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Going Green: Estimating the Potential of Green Jobs in Argentina

Going Green: Estimating the Potential of Green Jobs in Argentina

Going green: estimating the potential of green jobs in Argentina

Go green in a greener world

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About