The challenges of determining the employment effects of renewable energy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4667-4674

  Lambert, Rosebud Jasmine ^a   Silva, Patrícia Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Employment; Job creation; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COST-INCREASES; CRITICAL EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS; ENERGY SECURITY; INPUT-OUTPUT; JOB CREATION; JOB LOSS; JOB QUALITY; LABOUR INTENSITY; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLES;

ENERGY POLICY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84862742388     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.072     Document Type: Review

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