Energy development and urban employment creation: The case of the city of Los Angeles

Adam Rose, David Kolk, Michael Brady and Robert Kneisel

Energy, 1981, vol. 6, issue 10, 1041-1052

Abstract: Today government at all levels is being called upon to devise policies which minimize the negative impacts of the energy crisis, while continuing to meet broad social goals such as full employment. This paper analyzes four energy management tactics in terms of their economic viability and ability to generate employment at the local level. They include: 1.(1) solar water heating,2.(2) weatherization,3.(3) coal-fired electricity generation,4.(4) liquified natural gas distribution. In general it was found that new energy options offer a significant number of job openings, though they are by no means a major solution to urban unemployment as some have suggested. Also, the time-path and pattern of employment gains must be evaluated carefully by policy-makers if labor force dislocations are to be avoided.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(81)90095-5

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