The Distributional Effects of the Clean Energy Transition in the United States

Grants and Contracts Details

Description

This project systematically examines the impact of the clean energy transition, as experienced to date, on workers, families, and local economies. Using a rich, administrative microdata infrastructure combining detailed employer and employee characteristics, we first assess how the recent decline in demand for coal has affected exposed workers on a range of outcomes, including employment, earnings, population mobility, social insurance participation, and mortality. We analyze these outcomes across different worker characteristics and across regions to understand the role of labor market frictions in preventing the smooth adjustment to the energy transition. Second, we compare the characteristics of workers employed at establishments that exit and enter energy communities over the past decade to determine whether new and ongoing investments in these areas could help mitigate transitional costs for workers.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date9/1/242/5/25

Funding

  • Resources for the Future Incorporated: $920.00

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