Characterizing Green and Carbon-intensive Employment in India

Andrés Ham, Emmanuel Vazquez and Monica Yanez-Pagans
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Emmanuel Vazquez: CEDLAS-IIE-FCE-UNLP
Monica Yanez-Pagans: Education Global Practice. The World Bank

CEDLAS, Working Papers from CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Abstract: Transitioning toward sustainable development practices is expected to result in broad changes to economic activity, which will subsequently impact labor markets and change the demand for skills. India established the Skill Council for Green Jobs to identify green jobs and define the skills required for these occupations. This paper applies the Skill Council for Green Jobs definition of green jobs and an international definition of carbon-intensive jobs to data from the 2019-20 Periodic Labour Force Survey to estimate the size of green and carbon-intensive employment, document patterns between and within occupations, characterize workers by attributes and skills, and study wage differentials. The results highlight the importance of monitoring green and carbonintensive jobs with robust labor market monitoring systems to guide decisions on the sustainability transition and suggest key aspects to consider when investing in green skills and the potential distributive consequences of sustainability policies on the population.

JEL-codes: J23 J24 J49 Q01 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2025-08
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Journal Article: Characterizing green and carbon-intensive employment in India (2025)
Working Paper: Characterizing Green and Carbon-intensive Employment in India (2024)
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