Going green: estimating the potential of green jobs in Argentina

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 Green jobs in Argentina, 2015q1–2021q3

Panel A: High green potential
Sector	Employment		High greenness			High green_occ
Sector	Thousands	% Of total	Thousands	% Of sector	% Of total	Thousands	% Of sector	% Of total
Agricultural	48	0.47	11	23.56	0.48	11	21.74	0.42
Construction	988	9.69	915	92.63	38.59	927	93.80	36.64
Electricity, gas, and water	98	0.97	40	41.50	1.71	42	43.54	1.69
Financial intermediation	209	2.05	75	35.89	3.18	5	2.62	0.22
Fishing	5	0.05	1	18.38	0.04	1	22.85	0.05
Food and accommodation	390	3.82	39	10.27	1.67	28	7.18	1.10
Human Health	679	6.68	44	6.56	1.87	20	2.95	0.79
Industry	1160	11.41	265	22.85	11.17	363	31.34	14.40
Mining	41	0.40	19	45.85	0.80	20	49.63	0.79
Other services	1383	13.56	72	5.17	3.01	71	5.10	2.79
Public administration	869	8.55	177	20.34	7.48	87	10.02	3.47
Real estate and business	760	7.47	229	30.08	9.64	109	14.36	4.33
Teaching	871	8.56	65	7.45	2.74	15	1.71	0.59
Trade	1889	18.55	279	14.71	11.74	360	19.06	14.26
Transport and communications	789	7.75	139	17.63	5.87	466	59.18	18.47
Total	10180	100.00	2371	23.27	100.00	2525	24.79	100.00

Panel B: High green potential + legal formality
Sector	Employment		Formal employment			High green_occ + Formal			High greenness + Formal
Sector	Thousands	% Of total	Thousands	% Of sector	% Of total	Thousands	% Of sector	% Of total	thousands	% Of sector	% Of total
Agricultural	33	0.43	22	72.28	0.43	4	10.81	0.42	4	13.06	0.47
Construction	566	7.32	238	46.63	4.68	140	24.89	16.49	128	22.75	13.73
Electricity, gas, and water	90	1.17	79	94.40	1.55	35	38.57	4.08	34	37.73	3.63
Financial intermediation	200	2.60	175	93.71	3.45	4	1.84	0.43	67	33.47	7.15
Fishing	4	0.06	3	90.60	0.07	1	24.79	0.13	1	16.19	0.08
Food and accommodation	303	3.91	198	70.80	3.88	6	2.03	0.71	11	3.67	1.14
Human health	583	7.59	513	92.70	10.09	13	2.29	1.57	23	4.03	2.50
Industry	852	11.03	613	79.70	12.04	204	24.08	24.06	146	17.19	15.56
Mining	40	0.53	36	98.17	0.72	19	48.03	2.25	18	44.37	1.92
Other services	1,107	14.31	193	17.97	3.77	19	1.67	2.18	27	2.48	2.93
Public administration	869	11.28	867	99.97	17.03	74	8.54	8.79	159	18.29	16.94
Real estate and business	551	7.15	357	74.10	7.02	29	5.19	3.37	75	13.56	7.96
Teaching	820	10.65	785	98.63	15.43	11	1.31	1.29	57	7.01	6.12
Trade	1,077	13.95	556	56.22	10.92	87	8.11	10.30	97	9.03	10.34
Transport and communications	619	8.02	455	82.58	8.92	203	32.86	23.93	90	14.55	9.54
Total	7,716	100.00	5,093	70.60	100.00	847	10.99	100.00	937	12.17	100.00

Own elaboration based on PHS. Panel A shows the share of workers with high green potential in the PHS. Panel B shows the share of workers with high green potential who are in formal positions in the PHS. green_occ refers to a binary definition where an occupation is considered either green or non-green; and greenness is a task-based indicator that accounts for the proportion of green tasks on total tasks within an occupation.Survey weights were used