The coexistence of several definitions of green jobs and measurement instruments gives room for mismatches between those concepts and their application to research questions. This paper first presents an organizing framework for the existing definitions, measurement instruments, and policy frameworks. It then delves into discussing two appropriate approaches for identifying green occupations to guide skills development policy: the task-content and the skills approaches. In the process, it introduces a novel methodology with a dictionary of green terms for identifying green tasks and occupations. This methodology, utilizing text analysis, demonstrates superior performance compared to the well-known O*NET Green Economic Project classification, particularly for developing countries. Lastly, the paper applies this methodology to Indonesia, a middle-income country, and utilizes various data sources to showcase the utility of the dictionary and text analysis exercise.
Authors
- Citation
- “ Granata, Julia ; Posadas, Josefina . 2024 . Why Look at Tasks When Designing Skills Policy for the Green Transition? A Methodological Note on How to Identify Green Occupations and the Skills They Require . Policy Research Working Paper; 10753 . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41432 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Policy Research Working Papers
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10753
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34303046
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34303046
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Indonesia
- RelationisPartofseries
- Policy Research Working Paper; 10753
- Report
- WPS10753
- Rights
- CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
- UNIT
- Social Protection & Labor EAP (HEASP)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41432
- Volume
- 1
- date disclosure
- 2024-04-17
- region administrative
- East Asia and Pacific
- theme
- Inclusive Growth,Mitigation,Entrepreneurship,Job Creation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Skills Development,Economic Growth and Planning,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Enterprise Development,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Public Sector Management,Active Labor Market Programs,MSME Development,Climate change,Jobs,Adaptation,Data production, accessibility and use,Labor Market Institutions