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Profiling Green Jobs and Workers in South Africa: An Occupational Tasks Approach

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dc.contributor.authorMosomi, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Wendy
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T16:16:27Z
dc.date.available2024-05-21T16:16:27Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-21
dc.description.abstractTo adequately prepare the labor force for the green economy, policy makers and workers require a detailed understanding of the nature of green jobs. This study profiles green jobs in the South African labor market. It uses labor force survey data and applies an occupational task-based approach to identify current green occupations and associated jobs, count them, and profile their workers and wages. The findings show that 5.5 to 32 percent of South Africa’s jobs can be labeled as “green,” where the former estimate uses a strict definition and the latter uses a broad definition. The share of strictly green jobs has not changed over the past eight years. While 65 percent of strictly green occupations can be classified as high (skill) occupations, only 55 percent of workers are in these occupations, reflecting numerous employment opportunities in mid-level and elementary green occupations. Strictly green occupations tend to be male-dominated and held by prime-age (25–44) workers with post-secondary school. However, the profile of those in the greenest of the green occupations shows that they are older (age 45–65) workers and Black Africans with lower than completed high school education. Policies to prepare South Africans to engage in the green economy include developing a strategy to teach new and existing workers to use green technologies; targeting green occupations in youth development programs; making a concerted effort to support women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; helping low-skilled green workers to organize and improve their work conditions; and continuing to collect and analyze data for better tracking South Africa’s progress in becoming a green labor force.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099216105212422316/IDU174a103f313696148231bcd51386cf611277e
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10779
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41571
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10779
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGREEN JOBS
dc.subjectGREEN OCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICA
dc.subjectTASK-BASED APPROACH
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET STRUCTURE
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleProfiling Green Jobs and Workers in South Africaen
dc.title.subtitleAn Occupational Tasks Approachen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://reproducibility.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/144 Link to data and reproducibility package
okr.crossref.titleProfiling Green Jobs and Workers in South Africa: An Occupational Tasks Approach
okr.date.disclosure2024-05-21
okr.date.lastmodified2024-05-21T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10779
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10779
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countrySouth Africa
okr.topicEnvironment::Green Issues
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitHD - Africa 1 Director (HAEDR)
okr.unitHuman Capital Director (HHCDR)
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