TY - JOUR
TI - Wind Power and Job Creation
AU - Aldieri, L
AU - Grafstrom, J
AU - Sundstrom, K
AU - Vinci, C
T2 - Sustainability
AB - The purpose of this paper is to provide a global overview of job effects per MW of wind power installations, which will enable improved decision-making and modeling of future wind-power projects. We found indications that job creation connected to wind-power installations is rather limited. In total, 17 peer-reviewed articles and 10 reports/non-peer-reviewed papers between 2001 and 2019 were assessed. Our three major policy conclusions are as follows: (a) job creation seems to be limited; (b) each new project should consider a unique assessment, since all projects have been undertaken within different institutional frameworks, labor markets, and during separate years, meaning that the technology is not comparable; and (c) the number of jobs depends on the labor intensity of the country. 
DA - 2020/01//
PY - 2020
VL - 12
IS - 1
SP - 45
UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/1/45
DO - 10.3390/su12010045
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Social & Economic Data
ER -