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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level: empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries
Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297743
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Coastal and marine ecosystem services valuation for policy and management
Luisetti, Tiziana; Turner, R. Kerry; Hadley, David; … - 2010
Understanding the economic value of nature and the services it provides to humanity has become increasingly important. In this paper we review the progress to date on both the necessary conceptual framework and empirical valuation studies required to bolster decision support systems targeted at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276516
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Economic analysis for ecosystem service assessments
Bateman, Ian; Mace, Georgina; Fezzi, Carlo; Atkinson, Giles - 2010
The paper seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services. Focussing upon analyses for future orientated policy and decision making, we initially consider a single period during which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276517
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Economic analysis for ecosystem assessments: Application for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)
Bateman, Ian - 2009
The paper considers methodological issues pertinent to the economic assessment of ecosystem services. It is primarily written for a natural science audience however it also proposes a methodology which is intended to be of interest to economists charged with undertaking valuation work for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276532
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Joining-up or departmentalism? Coordinating policy for sustainable development in the United Kingdom
Russel, Duncan; Jordan, Andrew - 2007
Joined-up government (JUG) is a major pillar of the Labour Government's Modernising Government agenda in the United Kingdom (UK). To date, however, there are still surprisingly few detailed empirical studies of how well JUG initiatives are performing. This paper takes the policy challenge of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319005
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Towards a Stock-Flow Consistent Ecological Macroeconomics
Jackson, Tim; Victor, Peter; Naqvi, Asjad - 2016
Modern western economies (in the Eurozone and elsewhere) face a number of challenges over the coming decades. Achieving full employment, meeting climate change and other key environmental targets, and reducing inequality rank amongst the highest of these. The conventional route to achieving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537036
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Defining research gaps concerning the implementation of socio-ecological transition
Weiss, Teresa - 2016
This paper summarizes future research questions for each driver of change based on the outcomes of the WWWforEurope project and the derived policy recommendations. Firstly, a broad research question is suggested for each driver indicating the main focus of interest. In a second step, several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537037
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Umweltschutz: hohes Beschäftigungspotenzial in Deutschland
Blazejczak, Jürgen; Edler, Dietmar - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 10, pp. 2-9
Unternehmen und Staat setzen erhebliche Ressourcen für den Umweltschutz ein. Dies spiegelt sich in der Entwicklung der … Zahl der Beschäftigten, die direkt und indirekt für den Umweltschutz tätig sind. Im Jahr 2006 arbeiteten mit knapp 1 …,8 Millionen Personen rund 4,5 Prozent aller Erwerbstätigen für den Umweltschutz. 2002 waren es noch knapp 1,5 Millionen. Ein …
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Die Zahl der Arbeitsplätze im Umweltschutz wird weiter steigen: Sieben Fragen an Dietmar Edler
Edler, Dietmar; Wittenberg, Erich - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 10, pp. 3
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602141
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The influence of information-based initiatives and negotiated environmental agreements on technological change
Ashford, Nicholas Askounes - 1997
Polluting firms must have the willingness, opportunity, and capacity or capability to undertake technological changes to improve their environmental performance. These changes could involve the adoption (diffusion) of already-proven technologies, or require incremental to radical innovation....
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