Overview
This workshop brings together applied economists to present and discuss empirical research on labour‑market outcomes linked to decarbonisation. The programme focuses on work using novel data and econometric techniques.
Supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), and the LSE Global School of Sustainability.
Programme (from agenda)
Day 1 — Tuesday 3 February 2026
Location: Staff Common Room, 5th floor, Old Building (OLD)
17:30–19:00 Welcome, drinks reception and keynote
Chair: Misato Sato (LSE)
Keynote speakers: Francesco Vona (University of Milan, FEEM) and Giovanni Marin (University of Urbino Carlo Bo, FEEM)
Day 2 — Wednesday 4 February 2026
Location: CBG 2.02 (morning) & CBG 2.06 (afternoon), 2nd floor, Centre Building
08:30 Coffee and pastries
09:00 Welcome & introduction (Misato Sato, LSE)
09:05–09:55 — Session 1: Technological change and skills
Chair: Ben Crawford (LSE)
- Joanna Napierla (CEDEFOP) — Tracking skill demand in the green‑digital shift: the case of circular‑economy uptake through online job‑ads data
- Aurélien Saussay (LSE) — Will green innovation augment or automate labour?
09:55–10:45 — Session 2: Adjustment frictions, mobility, and outside options
Chair: Misato Sato (LSE)
- Federico Frattini (FEEM) — Skills and job mobility in the green transition: evidence from Italy
- Jisung Park (University of Pennsylvania) — Local labour‑market conditions and adaptation to climate change: the role of workers’ outside options
10:45–11:05 Coffee break
11:05–12:20 — Session 3: Green wage premia and distributional impacts
Chair: Aurélien Saussay (LSE)
- Rob Elliott (University of Birmingham) — Estimating the green wage premium
- Leanne Cass (University of Helsinki) — Returns to green tasks in Europe: evidence from online job vacancies
- Christina Vonnahme (RWI) — Wages in the Green Transition
12:20–14:00 Lunch (Staff Dining Room, 5th floor, Old Building)
14:00–14:50 — Session 4: Fossil sector contraction and worker reallocation
Chair: Ben Crawford (LSE)
- Elisabeth Isaksen (Frisch Centre) — Labour‑market impacts of the green transition: evidence from a contraction in the oil industry
- Minwoo Hyun (UC Santa Barbara / U.S. Census Bureau) — Trapped or Transferred: worker mobility and labour‑market power in the energy transition
14:50–15:00 Coffee break
Session 5: Policy evaluation and green industrial policy
Chair: Misato Sato (LSE)
- Markus Janser (IAB) — Climate policy, manufacturing competitiveness and the decision to exit: evidence from Germany
- Gustav Fredriksson (Trinity College Dublin) — Labour reallocation, green subsidies, and unemployment
- Maren Holthe Hedne (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) — Carbon taxes, emissions, and labour demand: evidence from Norway
16:15 Close
Practical information
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