Towards green growth: How does green innovation affect employment?

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1218-1232

  Kunapatarawong, Rasi ^a   Martínez Ros, Ester ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employment; Endogenous switching model; Green innovation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

ENDOGENOUS SWITCHING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREEN GROWTHS; GREEN INNOVATIONS; SPANISH ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84961827543     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.013     Document Type: Article

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