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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111878
	Low-carbon transition in a coal-producing country: A labour market perspective
	Baran J.; Szpor A.; Witajewski-Baltvilks J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	147
英文摘要	The decarbonisation of energy in a coal-producing country involves phasing out the coal sector and reducing employment in coal mining. Our case study of Poland reveals that in the past, half of the workers that left the mining sector failed to move to other sectors and left the labour market. This could be explained by the lower education levels of miners and lower wages in other sectors relative to mining. We use a mathematical model to demonstrate that if ex-miners fail to move to green or neutral sectors, decarbonisation involves a net loss of the labour force, regardless of the number of jobs created in the green sector. The loss of labour constitutes a macroeconomic cost that must be added to changes in energy system costs. The size of the cost does not depend on whether reduction of emissions is achieved by the substitution of coal with renewable energy sources or by an increase in energy efficiency. The size of the cost is largest when the reduction of emissions is achieved by replacing coal with imported gas. Finally, we demonstrate how costs related to the imperfect transition of labour could be taken into account in numerical general equilibrium models. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Coal phase-out Just transition Labour immobility Macroeconomic costs of transition
英文关键词	Carbon; Coal; Commerce; Cost reduction; Decarbonization; Employment; Energy efficiency; Gas emissions; Miners; Renewable energy resources; Decarbonisation; Energy systems; General equilibrium models; Labour market; Low-carbon transitions; Mining sector; Reduction of emissions; Renewable energy source; Coal industry; alternative energy; coal production; cost; general equilibrium analysis; labor market; labor mobility; numerical model; trade union; Poland [Central Europe]
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204560
作者单位	Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland; Polish Economic Institute, Poland; Institute for Structural Research, Poland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Baran J.,Szpor A.,Witajewski-Baltvilks J.. Low-carbon transition in a coal-producing country: A labour market perspective[J],2020,147.
APA	Baran J.,Szpor A.,&Witajewski-Baltvilks J..(2020).Low-carbon transition in a coal-producing country: A labour market perspective.Energy Policy,147.
MLA	Baran J.,et al."Low-carbon transition in a coal-producing country: A labour market perspective".Energy Policy 147(2020).