US Employment Under Rapid Decarbonisation

Modelling a 95%-by-2035 decarbonisation of the US electricity sector reveals distinct scale-up, scale-down, and steady-state phases in the job market.

****US Employment dynamics under rapid decarbonisation**** We analyze the employment dynamics of a fast transition scenario for the US electricity sector that reaches 95% decarbonization by 2035. We find three distinct labor market phases during the transition: scale-up, scale-down and a long-term steady state. During the scale-up phase, for every job lost in a given industry, twelve new jobs are created elsewhere. But only a few occupations experience a consistent increase in demand throughout the transition. Read more