Environmental regulations and labor markets

Artikel

Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and intensive in labor and energy. Growing empirical evidence suggests that the benefits are likely to outweigh the costs.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2018 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Energy: Government Policy ; Environmental Economics: Government Policy
• Subject: job displacement ; employment ; productivity ; air quality standards ; regulation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Deschenes, Olivier
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.22.v2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/193412
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET