Pollution abatement and employment

被引:11
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作者
Fare, Rolf [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Grosskopf, Shawna [1 ,6 ]
Pasurka, Carl A., Jr. [4 ]
Shadbegian, Ron [5 ]
机构
[1] Oregon State Univ, Dept Econ, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[2] Oregon State Univ, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[4] US Environm Protect Agcy 1809T, Off Policy, 1200 Penn Ave NW, Washington, DC 20460 USA
[5] Natl Univ Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew Sch Publ Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Rd, Singapore 259772, Singapore
[6] CERE, Umea, Sweden
关键词
Environmental technology; Pollution abatement; Employment; Decomposition; DISTANCE FUNCTION-APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL-REGULATION; CO2; EMISSIONS; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; JOINT PRODUCTION; LABOR DEMAND; EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; DECOMPOSITION; CONVERGENCE;
D O I
10.1007/s00181-016-1205-2
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Morgenstern et al. (J Environ Econ Manag 43:412-436, 2002. doi: 10.1006/jeem.2001.1191) are well-known for its investigation of the employment effects of environmental regulations. However, the cost function specified in that paper is handicapped by its reliance on survey data of the costs of inputs assigned to pollution abatement. In this paper, we specify an input distance function that models the joint production of good and bad outputs. This allows us to measure the relative importance of factors associated with changes in employment without pollution abatement cost data. We operationalize our model using a sample of 80 coal-fired electric power plants from 1995 to 2005.
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页码:259 / 285
页数:27
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