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RESEARCH

RESEARCH AGENDA
  • Measuring and comparing energy intensity and carbon emissions in manufacturing;
  • Evaluating policies pertaining to energy use and, in particular, climate change mitigation under EU Trading Directive and Green Deal;
  • Harmonizing measurements of environmental and economic performance.

WORKING PAPER
Carbon Footprints of European Manufacturing Jobs: Stylized Facts and Implications for Climate Policy                      
Author(s): Ulrich J. Wagner, Dana Kassem, Andreas Gerster, Jurate Jaraite, Marit E. Klemetsen, Marita Laukkanen, Ralf Martin, Jakob Roland Munch, Mirabelle Muûls, Laure de Preux, Knut Einar Rosendahl, Sandra Schusser

This paper presents first results from a new European-wide research network for evidence-based climate policy. Using administrative data on industrial firms in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden, we construct harmonized measures of carbon dioxide emissions per job. We characterize the distribution of this measure and explore how it varies across countries, two-digit industries, and over time. We relate those changes to participation in the EU Emissions Trading System – Europe’s flagship climate policy instrument since 2005.

 

Access the working paper here.