This study assesses the impact of four coal mines in Mozambique on the socioeconomic outcomes of the local population …. We combine four waves of household surveys with coal mine locations data and employ a difference-in-difference model. The …

miners. How much could this energy transition cost mining workers? We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to …The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal … estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners. We find evidence of substantial losses: wages fall by 40% and earnings fall …

miners. How much could this energy transition cost mining workers? We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to …The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal … estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners. We find evidence of substantial losses: wages fall by 40% and earnings fall …

Economic transitions have the potential to displace workers and cause social unrest. Coal mine closures in the eastern … closures, such as rising production costs and decreasing coal demand from the electricity sector. This analysis utilizes unique … data on coal mine and power plant operation to estimate the impact of supply and demand factors on mine closure. We model …

We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations … mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked … pollution data at the county-day level with the dates of accidents to show that on average, suspending coal mining reduces local …

Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons … are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power … sector, as well as an aging coal- fired power plant fleet. The U.S. Energy Information Administration as well as most models …

analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of … European NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. We show that the reversal of fortune of coal regions resulted from the second energy … transition. Specifically, an "oil invasion" in the early 1960s turned regional coal abundance from a blessing into a curse. Human …