Green not (only) for profit: An empirical examination of the effect of environmental-related standards on employees’ recruitment

Gilles Grolleau (), Naoufel Mzoughi and Sanja Pekovic

Resource and Energy Economics, 2012, vol. 34, issue 1, 74-92

Abstract: Thanks to an original database on French firms we investigate the impact of environmental-related standards on employees’ recruitment. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that voluntary environmental-related standards (i.e., ISO 14001 standard, organic labeling, fair trade, etc.) improve the recruitment of professional and non-professional employees. This finding suggests that, beyond environmental considerations, human resources management can drive registration.

Keywords: Environmental-related standards; Recruitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2011.10.002

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