The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion: insights into sector-specific wage differentials

Manfred Antoni, Markus Janser and Florian Lehmer
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Florian Lehmer: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201412, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "In light of Germany+s transition approaches towards a sustainable energy system this paper examines differences of employment structure and wage differentials between renewable energy establishments and their sector peers. To do so, we have developed a novel data set by linking company-level information from the German Renewable Energy Federation with establishment-level data of the IAB Establishment History Panel. According to our descriptive evidence, there are significant differences in wages and in several other characteristics. Looking at the top-four renewable energy sectors, our estimates show that human capital and other establishment- level characteristics mostly explain the wage differential among manufacturers and energy providers. However, we find a persistent 'renewable energy wage premium' of more than ten percent in the construction installation activities and the architectural and engineering services. We interpret this premium as a positive indirect effect of the promotion of renewable energies for the benefit of employees in renewable energy establishments within these two sectors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Beschäftigtenstruktur; Betriebsgröße; Determinanten; Einkommenseffekte; Energiepolitik; Energiewirtschaft; IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel; Lohnstruktur; Lohnunterschied; Qualifikationsstruktur; regenerative Energie; Umweltberufe; Wirtschaftsförderung; Wirtschaftszweige; 2007-2011 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 J31 P48 Q42 Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2014
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Published in/as: Energy policy, Vol. 86, No. November (2015), S. 595-613, doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2015.07.027

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