Global employment and skill level requirements for 'Post-Carbon Europe'

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F24%3A10474220" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/24:10474220 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00135262

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=jGhYiveyNl" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=jGhYiveyNl</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108014" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108014</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Global employment and skill level requirements for 'Post-Carbon Europe'

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The electricity sector is a fundamental component of the transition to a post-carbon economy. Restructuring away from fossil fuels will bring about job losses, along with job gains related to renewable energy deployment. Understanding the net changes in employment requirements and labor intensity will help to inform about potential bottlenecks. We apply a multiregional input-output model to quantify the employment requirements of the transition of the electricity sector in the European Union. We compare the effects of a 100% renewable energy scenario with a reference scenario (representing country-level energy and climate commitments in force in 2015), modeled at five-year intervals from 2015 till 2050. We show the direct and indirect employment requirements by region, sector, skill level, and gender associated with capital investments, operation and maintenance. A transition to 100% renewables would significantly increase labor demand within the European Union in particular. The employment requirements in the construction and manufacturing sectors would be significant, but only temporary. The transition would increase demand especially for medium- and high-skilled labor. However, comparison with labor force availability projections shows the largest gap in low-skilled labor. The higher labor intensity of 100% renewable electricity generation can also affect labor productivity and economic growth.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Global employment and skill level requirements for 'Post-Carbon Europe'

Popis výsledku anglicky

The electricity sector is a fundamental component of the transition to a post-carbon economy. Restructuring away from fossil fuels will bring about job losses, along with job gains related to renewable energy deployment. Understanding the net changes in employment requirements and labor intensity will help to inform about potential bottlenecks. We apply a multiregional input-output model to quantify the employment requirements of the transition of the electricity sector in the European Union. We compare the effects of a 100% renewable energy scenario with a reference scenario (representing country-level energy and climate commitments in force in 2015), modeled at five-year intervals from 2015 till 2050. We show the direct and indirect employment requirements by region, sector, skill level, and gender associated with capital investments, operation and maintenance. A transition to 100% renewables would significantly increase labor demand within the European Union in particular. The employment requirements in the construction and manufacturing sectors would be significant, but only temporary. The transition would increase demand especially for medium- and high-skilled labor. However, comparison with labor force availability projections shows the largest gap in low-skilled labor. The higher labor intensity of 100% renewable electricity generation can also affect labor productivity and economic growth.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ecological Economics

ISSN

0921-8009

e-ISSN

1873-6106

Svazek periodika

216

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

February 2024

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

108014

Kód UT WoS článku

001121133200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85178300017