The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Barreto, Cesar; Grundke, Robert; Krill, Zeev
Institution	OECD / Economics Department
Titel	The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Kosten des Arbeitsplatzverlustes in kohlenstoffintensiven Sektoren: Erkenntnisse aus Deutschland.
Quelle	Paris (2023), 47 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	OECD Economics Department working papers. 1774
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/6f636d3b-en
Schlagwörter	Soziale Kosten; Lebensalter; Regionale Mobilität; Emission; Beschäftigungseffekt; Betriebsstilllegung; Einkommenseffekt; Massenentlassung; Arbeitsloser; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsplatzabbau; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufsbiografie; Qualifikation; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Geschlechtsspezifik; IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel; Sektorale Verteilung; Deutschland
Abstract	"The green transformation of the economy is expected to lead to a sharp reduction in employment in carbon-intensive industries. For designing policies to support displaced workers, it is crucial to better understand the cost of job loss, whether there are specific effects of being displaced from a carbon-intensive sector and which workers are most at risk. By using German administrative labor market data and focusing on mass layoff events, we estimate the cost of involuntary job displacement for workers in high carbon-intensity sectors and compare it with the displacement costs for workers in low carbon-intensity sectors. We find that displaced workers from high carbon-intensity sectors have, on average, higher earnings losses and face stronger difficulties in finding a new job and recovering their earnings. Our results indicate that this is mainly due to human capital specificity, the regional clustering of carbon-intensive activities and higher wage premia in carbon-intensive firms. Workers displaced in high carbon-intensity sectors are older, face higher local labor market concentration and have fewer outside options for finding jobs with similar skill requirements. They have a higher probability to switch occupations and sectors, move to occupations that are more different in terms of skill requirements compared to the pre-displacement job, and are more likely to change workplace districts after displacement. Women, older workers and those with vocational degrees as well as workers in East Germany, experience particularly high costs in case they are displaced from high carbon-intensity sectors." The study refers to the period 1992-2020. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1