OECD Employment Outlook 2024 : The Net-Zero Transition and the Labour Market / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Series:

OECD employment outlook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"The transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 will have profound impacts on the labour market and the jobs of millions of workers. Aggregate effects on employment are estimated to be limited. But many jobs will be lost in the shrinking high-emission industries, while many others will be created in the expanding low-emission activities. This edition of the OECD Employment Outlook examines the characteristics of the jobs that are likely to thrive because of the transition ("green-driven jobs"), including their attractiveness in terms of job quality, and compares them to jobs in high-emission industries that tend to shrink. The cost of job displacement in these latter industries is assessed along with the trajectories of workers out of them towards new opportunities, and the labour market policies that can facilitate job reallocation. Particular attention is devoted to upskilling and reskilling strategies to facilitate workers' transition into fast-growing, green-driven occupations. The distributive impacts of climate-change mitigation policies are also examined, with a focus on carbon pricing and options to redistribute its tax revenue to those most impacted. As usual, the first chapter of the Outlook assesses recent labour market developments (including wage trends), but also provides an update of the OECD Job Quality indicators.".

Contents:

Foreword

Editorial: From fear to action: Making labour and social policy central to the net-zero transition

Executive summary

Key facts and figures (infographic)

1. Steady as we go: Treading the tightrope of wage recovery as labour markets remain resilient

2. The jobs that will make the net-zero transition: Who holds them and are they good?

3. Job displacement in high-emission industries: Implications for the net-zero transition

4. Skills for the green transition

5. Who pays for higher carbon prices? Mitigating climate change and adverse distributional effects

Annex A. Statistical annex.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-52946-2