The greener the better? Job creation effects of environmentally-friendly technological change

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 779-807

  Gagliardi, Luisa ^a,b   Marin, Giovanni ^c,d   Miriello, Caterina ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GREEN JOB; GROWTH RATE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84994158572     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtv054     Document Type: Article

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