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.
Wagner, Ulrich J. and Kassem, Dana and Gerster, Andreas and Jaraite, Jurate and Klemetsen, Marit E. and Laukkanen, Marita and Martin, Ralf and Munch, Jakob Roland and Muûls, Mirabelle and de Preux, Laure and Rosendahl, Knut Einar and Schusser, Sandra, Carbon Footprints of European Manufacturing Jobs: Stylized Facts and Implications for Climate Policy (December 14, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3577550 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3577550
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