Report on the employment and social impacts of EE published by the EU Commission

New report by Cambridge Econometrics et al. (2015)

Abstract

This study assesses the direct and indirect linkages between energy efficiency, labour markets and social welfare, at both the micro and the study macro levels, using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative approaches to carry out the analysis. The key research questions addressed in the study are:

•  What instruments can be provided to policy makers to support assessment of the impact of energy efficiency policies on employment?
•  What are the social impacts of energy efficiency?
• What are the skills that are needed to implement large-scale energy efficiency programmes?