The role of innovation and agglomeration for employment growth in the environmental sector

Jens Horbach and Markus Janser

VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: The environmental sector is supposed to yield a dual benefit: its goods and services are in-tended to tackle environmental challenges and its establishments should create new jobs. However, it is still unclear in empirical terms whether that really is the case. This paper investigates to what extent employment growth in establishments with green products and services is higher compared to other establishments. Furthermore, the main factors determining labor demand in this field are analyzed. We use linked employment and regional data for Germany. The descriptive results show that the environmental sector is characterized by disproportionately high employment growth. The application of a generalized linear mixed model reveals that especially innovation and industry agglomeration foster employment growth in establishments in the environmental sector. Establishments without green products and services show a smaller increase in employment, even if they are also innovative.

JEL-codes: J21 Q55 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-env, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-sbm, nep-tid and nep-ure
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Journal Article: The role of innovation and agglomeration for employment growth in the environmental sector (2016)
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