Do green jobs differ from non-green jobs in terms of skills and human capital?

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1046-1060

  Consoli, Davide ^a   Marin, Giovanni ^b,c,d   Marzucchi, Alberto ^c,e,f   Vona, Francesco ^d,g  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SEEDS Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies ^*  (Italy)

^d OFCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Green jobs; Human capital; Skills; Task model

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN JOBS; HUMAN CAPITALS; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; ON THE JOB TRAININGS; SKILLS; TASK MODELING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84960154579     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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