Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Carbon Footprints of European Manufacturing Jobs: Stylized Facts and Implications for Climate Policy
Author-Name: U.J. Wagner
Author-Email: ulrich.wagner@uni-mannheim.de
Author-Name: D. Kassem
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Author-Name: A. Gerster
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Author-Name: J. Jaraite-Kazukauske
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Author-Name: M. Klemetsen
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Author-Name: M. Laukkanen
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Author-Name: J. Leisner
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Author-Name: R. Martin
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Author-Name: J.R. Munch
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Author-Name: M. Muûls
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Author-Name: A.T. Nielsen
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Author-Name: L. de Preux
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Author-Name: K.E. Rosendahl
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Author-Name: S. Schusser
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Classification-JEL: Q54, H23
Keywords: carbon dioxide emissions, manufacturing, climate policy, employment

Abstract: 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.

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Length: 39
Creation-Date: 2020-12
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp250
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Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2020_250