Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
CERE Working Papers,
CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics
No 2023:3: The effect of environmental protection expenditures on industrial employment in Sweden
Golnaz Amjadi (), Moriah Bostian (), Hanna Lindström (), Tommy Lundgren () and Mattias Vesterberg ()
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Golnaz Amjadi: STATEC Research (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies), Luxembourg
Moriah Bostian: Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, USA
Hanna Lindström: Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University; Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE)
Tommy Lundgren: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU); Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE)
Mattias Vesterberg: Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University; Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE)
Abstract: In this paper, we empirically investigate how environmental protection expenditures affect employment using detailed firm-level data for Sweden for the years 2002-2020. In our empirical approach, we use instrumental variables to account for corporate social responsibility and self-regulation. Our results reveal that the effect of environmental protection expenditures on employment vary across sectors but are generally very small. That is, our results suggest that there are relatively small trade-offs between jobs and the environment.
Keywords: Environmental protection; Labor demand; Environmental regulation
Language: English
30 pages, December 4, 2023
Note: An earlier version of this paper was previously circulated as "Environment versus Jobs: An Industry-level Analysis of Sweden
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