Assessing the quality of green jobs: An empirical analysis of French data.
This article empirically assesses the quality of green jobs in France using a nationally developed definition by the National Observatory for Employment and Professions of the Green Economy (Onemev), which identifies over 140 core green occupations based on their contribution to preserving or restor...
| Published in: | International Labour Review Vol. 165; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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2026
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