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How Many Jobs is 23,510, Really? Recasting the Mining Job Loss Debate
Chapman, Bruce James; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
translated into precise analyses of the employment effects of the carbon price policy being developed by the current government …. But the essential points concerning the size and meaning of mining sector employment effects should not be in dispute; the …
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How Many Jobs is 23,510, Really?
Chapman, Bruce James - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
in the relative price of carbon-producing output must also be associated with offsetting increases in employment as a … year time horizon, are in a statistical sense close to invisible with respect to employment and unemployment stocks, and … sector employment the projected losses are a very small proportion of overall inflows to and outflows from mining. Further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293753
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Globalisation and Labour Markets in Boom and Crisis: The Case of Vietnam
Manning, Chris - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the Vietnam labour market against the backdrop of economic performance and labour dynamics before the crisis. The impact on labour has been milder compared with several neighbouring countries, than might have been expected for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495962
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Legislating for Labour Protection: Betting on the Weak or the Strong?
Manning, Chris - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2004
's daunting 'employment challenge', and the capacity of institutions to implement reform since the fall of Soeharto. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057556
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Emissions Pricing, 'Complementary Policies' and 'Direct Action' in the Australian Electricity Supply Sector: 'Lock-in' and Investment
Naughten, Dr Barry - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
In Australia, carbon emissions pricing is politically contentious. The current Labor government has implemented such a scheme, but the Liberal National Party (LNP) opposition has pledged to repeal the scheme should it be elected. This article accepts the well-established position of emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795025
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Carbon Emissions Trading in China: The Evolution from Pilots to a Nationwide Scheme
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015
The Chinese central government has approved the seven pilot carbon trading schemes. These seven pilot regions are deliberately selected to be at varying stages of development and are given considerable leeway to design their own schemes. These pilot trading schemes have features in common, but...
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Who Should Bear the Cost of China's Carbon Emissions Embodied in Goods for Exports?
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
China's capital-intensive, export-oriented, spectacular economic growth since launching its open-door policy and economic reforms in late 1978 not only has created jobs and has lifted millions of the Chinese people out of poverty, but also has given rise to unprecedented environmental pollution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323554
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Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns and Border Carbon Adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795023
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on ChinaÕs efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011120273
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Reaping the Economic Benefits of Decarbonization for China
Jotzo, Frank; Teng, Fei - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
China needs to reduce its carbon emissions if global climate change mitigation is to succeed. Conventional economic analysis views cutting emissions as a cost, creating a collective action problem. However, decarbonization can improve productivity and provide co-benefits that accord with...
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