The Economic Impact of the Green Industry in the United States

Charles R. Hall, Alan W. Hodges and John J. Haydu

No 35437, 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study estimates the economic impacts of the U.S. environmental horticulture industry (also known as the Green Industry) to be $147.8 billion in output, 1,964,339 jobs, $95.1 billion in value added, $64.3 billion in labor income, and $6.9 billion in indirect business taxes, with these values expressed in 2004 dollars.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006

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