Demand for green skills in an evolving landscape

Esther Arenas-Arroyo, Jacob Fabian, Friederike Mengel, Bernhard Schmidpeter, Michel Serafinelli

How does firms' skill demand change as the business landscape evolves? We present evidence from the green transition by analyzing how hurricanes impact demand for green skills. These disasters signal the risks of not acting on environmental issues. Using data from U.S. online job postings (2010-2019) and hurricane paths, we create a new measure of green job postings. Firms in areas affected by hurricanes are 6.4% more likely to post jobs that require green skills after the event, particularly those serving local markets.

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Year of publication:	September 2025
Authors:	Arenas-Arroyo, Esther ; Fabian, Jacob ; Mengel, Friederike ; Schmidpeter, Bernhard ; Serafinelli, Michel
Publisher:	Munich, Germany : Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research - CESifo GmbH
Subject:	green skills \| green transition \| online job postings \| hurricanes \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Arbeitsnachfrage \| Labor demand \| Fachkräfte \| Skilled labour \| Sturm \| Storm \| Umweltbewusstsein \| Environmental consciousness

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 29 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 12110 (2025)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters ; L20 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior. General ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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