Green Jobs and the Green Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Labor Market Analysis Using Job Vacancy Data
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García-Suaza, Andrés
Caiza-Guamán, Pamela
Sarango-Iturralde, Alexander
Romero-Torres, Bernardo
Buitrago, Catalina
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2025-07-24
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eng
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The green transition represents one of the most significant transformational forces in the labor market in the coming years. This paper analyzes the incidence of green jobs in four Latin American countries using information from job vacancy data. The results reveal a low incidence of demand for jobs with green potential or for new and emerging occupations related to the green transition. Such occupations are characterized by requiring high levels of education and offer a significant wage premium. These results highlight the main challenge of the green transition, which lies in the need to implement training processes, while revealing opportunities for the creation of high-quality jobs in the region.
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J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity, J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility, Q52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects, Q58 - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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Labor demand, green jobs, green transition, climate change, skills
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Economía Laboral
