Green jobs and energy efficiency as strategies for economic growth and the reduction of environmental impacts

Energy Policy

Volumn 149, Issue , 2021, Pages

  Dell'Anna, Federico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjusted earnings gain approach; Co benefit; Economic evaluation; Employment impact; Energy policy; Green economy; Green jobs; Impact monetization; Labor markets; Renewable energy source

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PLANNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; INVESTMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY SECTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GREEN ECONOMY; GREEN JOB; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ITALY;

EID: 85097762061     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112031     Document Type: Article

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