Energy conservation and the demand for labor: evidence from aggregate data. Final report Oct 80-May 81
The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between aggregate employment and output, with special reference to the 1979-1980 experience. An indirect relationship was posited between energy price shocks and the occupational mix. Specifically, it was hypothesized that the energy price shocks of 1978-1979 (and possibly 1973-1974) may have created new investment opportunities for simple, short term energy conservation type investments which may, in turn, have increased the demand for blue collar labor. A framework for viewing the problem is described and the basic hypothesis tested by estimating a time series model of occupational/industrial employment patterns. Included in the model is a set of variables designed to measure the energy price shocks.
- Research Organization:
- Urban Inst., Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5400963
- Report Number(s):
- PB-82-134180
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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