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dc.titleImplications of the Energy Transition on Employment: Today’s Results, Tomorrow’s Needs
dc.contributor.authorRavillard, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorChueca, J. Enrique
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle
dc.contributor.orgunitEnergy Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.date.available2021-11-10T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-11-10T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractAs countries progress in their energy transitions, new investments have the potential to create employment. This is crucial, as countries enter their post-pandemic recovery phase. An opportunity also arises to close the gender gap in the energy sector. However, how much will need to be invested, how many jobs will be created, and for whom, remain empirical questions. Little is also known about the needs of each country and their sectors in terms of future skills and training. The present work sheds light on these questions by carrying out a harmonized firm-level survey on employment in Chile, Uruguay, and Bolivia. Findings are manifold. First, firms in emerging sectors such as energy efficiency, electric mobility, battery, storage, hydrogen, and demand management, create more direct jobs than generation firms, including renewables. Second, these firms also have the potential to create employment that is local, permanent, and direct. Finally, they can contribute to closing the gender gap. However, this employment creation will not come on its own and will not be equal between countries. It will require improving the workforces qualifications and considering each countrys labor market and market structures specificities.
dc.format.extent128
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003765
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Implications-of-the-Energy-Transition-on-Employment-Todays-Results-Tomorrows-Needs.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectGreen Job
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectHydrogen Market
dc.subjectJob Creation
dc.subjectElectric Battery
dc.subjectEnergy Efficiency
dc.subjectEnergy Storage
dc.subject.jelcodeN76 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeO33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.jelcodeQ42 - Alternative Energy Sources
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeE24 - Employment • Unemployment • Wages • Intergenerational Income Distribution • Aggregate Human Capital • Aggregate Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeJ2 - Demand and Supply of Labor
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy Transition;LatinAmerica
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-02338
idb.operationRG-E1649
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