Understanding green occupations from a task-based approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-264

  Peters, David J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Green jobs; Occupations; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905185189     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt026     Document Type: Article

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