The role of petroleum workers’ education when transitioning to green industries
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Authors:
Gundersen, Viktoria Maria
Year:
2021
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Mastergrad i samfunnsøkonomi
Summary
In this master thesis I investigate the role of educational level in the transitioning from polluting industries to green industries when an oil price collapse occurs. The main focus is, (i) the effect of the oil price collapse on petroleum workers versus non-petroleum workers; (ii) the difference between high- and low-skilled petroleum workers in effects on wages, unemployment benefits and educational level after the oil price shock; (iii) whether displaced high- or low-skilled petroleum workers to a greater extent find a new job in a green industry; (iv) what educational level petroleum workers who transitioned to a green industry have versus petroleum workers staying in the petroleum industry. For this purpose, I use longitudinal data from Statistics Norway covering the period from 2009-2018. By using a difference in difference estimation, I show that high-skilled petroleum workers are more likely to transition to a green industry after an oil price collapse rather than low-skilled workers. All econometric methods were conducted using the software program Stata
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Oppdragsgiver: Norges ForskningsrådOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: 300891
Frisch prosjekt: 3195 - Successful Workforce Transitions in a fast-CHanging labor market (SWiTCH)
