Green jobs? Economic impacts of renewable energy in Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 358-364

  Lehr, Ulrike ^a   Lutz, Christian ^a   Edler, Dietmar ^b  

^a The Institute of Economic Structures Research Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung GWS   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic effects; Macroeconomic modeling; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS; ENERGY CONCEPT; GERMANY; LABOR MARKETS; MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; NET IMPACT; RE-EXPANSION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WORLD MARKET;

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MACROECONOMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84862269281     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.076     Document Type: Article

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