Measuring energy-saving technological change: International trends and differences

Emiko Inoue, Hiroya Taniguchi and Ken Yamada

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, vol. 115, issue C

Abstract: Technological change is essential to balance economic growth and environmental sustainability. This study documents energy-saving technological change to understand the trends and differences therein in OECD countries. We estimate sector-level production functions with factor-augmenting technologies using cross-country and cross-industry panel data and shift–share instruments, thereby measuring energy-saving technological change for each country and sector. Our results show how the levels and growth rates of energy-saving technology vary across countries, sectors, and time. In addition, we evaluate the extent to which factor-augmenting technologies contribute to economic growth and how this contribution differs across countries and sectors.

Keywords: Non-neutral technological change; Capital–labor–energy substitution; Growth accounting; Sectoral productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E23 O33 O44 O50 Q43 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102709

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