Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85054868397
论文题名: Job losses and political acceptability of climate policies: why the ‘job-killing’ argument is so persistent and how to overturn it
作者: Vona F.
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 14693062
出版年: 2019
卷: 19, 期: 4 起始页码: 524
结束页码: 532
语种: 英语
英文关键词: amplification mechanisms
; Climate policies
; collective action problems
; distributional impacts
; employment impacts
; political acceptability
英文摘要: Political acceptability is an essential issue in choosing appropriate climate policies. Sociologists and behavioural scientists recognize the importance of selecting environmental policies that have broad political support, while economists tend to compare different instruments first on the basis of their efficiency, and then by assessing their distributional impacts and thus their political acceptability. This paper examines case-study and empirical evidence that the job losses ascribed (correctly or incorrectly) to climate policies have substantial impacts on the willingness of affected workers to support these policies. In aggregate, the costs of these losses are significantly smaller than the benefits, both in terms of health and, probably, of labour market outcomes, but the losses are concentrated in specific areas, sectors and social groups that have been hit hard by the great recession and international competition. Localized contextual effects, such as peer group pressure, and politico-economic factors, such as weakened unions and tightened government budgets, amplify the strength and the persistence of the ‘job-killing’ argument. Compensating for the effects of climate policies on ‘left-behind’ workers appears to be the key priority to increase the political acceptability of such policies, but the design of compensatory policies poses serious challenges. Key policy insights Public perception of, and support for, climate policies is substantially reduced in the presence of large negative shocks, especially job losses. Climate policies can be perceived as negative for employment, especially in areas where polluting industries represent a large share of employment and in occupations and sectors already damaged by globalization and automation. Policymakers should distinguish between small and large distributional effects of climate policies, and find the appropriate combination of revenue recycling schemes, industrial and retraining policies as well as compensation packages to increase the support for such policies. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122572
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作者单位: OFCE Sciences-PO, Université Côte d’Azur, France; SKEMA Business School, Université Côte d’Azur, France; Ca’ Foscari University, Valbonne, Italy
Recommended Citation:
Vona F.. Job losses and political acceptability of climate policies: why the ‘job-killing’ argument is so persistent and how to overturn it[J]. Climate Policy,2019-01-01,19(4)