Green economy and green jobs: Myth or reality? The case of China's power generation sector

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5994-6003

  Cai, Wenjia ^a,b   Wang, Can ^a,b   Chen, Jining ^a,b   Wang, Siqiang ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control   (China)

^c The National Development and Reform Commission   (China)

Author keywords

China; Green economy; Green jobs; Input output model; Power generation sector

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

CHINA; CO-EXISTENCE; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; GHG MITIGATION; GREEN ECONOMY; GREEN JOBS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; MITIGATION POLICIES; POLICY MAKERS; POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR PVS; WIND TECHNOLOGY;

EMPLOYMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 80053442873     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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