Scheifele, Fabian; Popp, David - 2024
Support from local citizens is important for the scale-up of renewable energy. We investigate the impact of utility …-in-differences design with matching. We find a positive employment impact of 1-1.5 jobs/MW in the 15 months preceding the commissioning of a … the construction phase and potentially a small impact of 0.2-0.25 jobs/MW in the 12 months following commissioning. In the …