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Title: The Employment Impact of Green Fiscal Push: Evidence from the American Recovery Act

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2020

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DOI: 10.3386/w27321

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Abstract: We evaluate the employment effect of the green part of the largest fiscal stimulus in recent history, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Each $1 million of green ARRA created 15 new jobs that emerged especially in the post-ARRA period (2013-2017). We find little evidence of significant short-run employment gains. Green ARRA creates more jobs in commuting zones with a greater prevalence of pre-existing green skills. Nearly half of the jobs created by green ARRA investments were in construction or waste management. Nearly all new jobs created are manual labor positions. Nonetheless, manual labor wages did not increase.

Url: http://www.nber.org/papers/w27321.pdf

Url: https://www.nber.org/papers/w27321

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Authors: Popp, David; Vona, Francesco; Marin, Giovanni; Chen, Ziqiao

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 27321

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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