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The jobs potential of a transition towards a resource efficient and circular economy

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  • Jean Chateau

    (OECD)

  • Eleonora Mavroeidi

    (OECD)

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This paper examines the consequences of a policy-driven transition towards a more resource-efficient and circular economy on employment levels across countries and sectors during the period 2018-2040. The analysis relies on simulations with ENV-Linkages, the global structural computable general equilibrium model of the OECD Environment Directorate. The results suggest that the overall reallocation of jobs due to a fiscal policy package promoting resource efficiency and the transition to a circular economy is limited to 18 million jobs in 2040 and net job creations are marginal, with 1.8 million of jobs.

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  • Jean Chateau & Eleonora Mavroeidi, 2020. "The jobs potential of a transition towards a resource efficient and circular economy," OECD Environment Working Papers 167, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:167-en
    DOI: 10.1787/28e768df-en
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    1. Ramanauske, Neringa & Balezentis, Tomas & Streimikiene, Dalia, 2023. "Biomass use and its implications for bioeconomy development: A resource efficiency perspective for the European countries," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    2. Doussoulin, Jean Pierre & Bittencourt, Mariana, 2022. "How effective is the construction sector in promoting the circular economy in Brazil and France? : A waste input-output analysis," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 47-58.
    3. Jo Williams, 2021. "Circular Cities: What Are the Benefits of Circular Development?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-27, May.
    4. Duygu Buyukyazici & Francesco Quatraro, 2024. "The Skill Requirements of the Circular Economy," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2411, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2024.

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    Keywords

    circular economy; employment and environment; general equilibrium model; resource efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models

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