Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Do production subsidies have a wage incidence i...

Research

Associated organisational unit

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power?

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power? / De Silva, Dakshina; Schiller, Anita; McComb, Robert P.
In: Applied Economics, Vol. 45, No. 28, 2013, p. 3963-3972.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

De Silva, D, Schiller, A & McComb, RP 2013, 'Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power?', Applied Economics, vol. 45, no. 28, pp. 3963-3972. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.741679

APA

De Silva, D., Schiller, A., & McComb, R. P. (2013). Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power? Applied Economics, 45(28), 3963-3972. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.741679

Vancouver

De Silva D, Schiller A, McComb RP. Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power? Applied Economics. 2013;45(28):3963-3972. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2012.741679

Author

De Silva, Dakshina ; Schiller, Anita ; McComb, Robert P. / Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power?. In: Applied Economics. 2013 ; Vol. 45, No. 28. pp. 3963-3972.

Bibtex

@article{92594972adaf4b258bcad2b3c3b1961d,
title = "Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power?",
abstract = "Employment in electricity generation from renewable resources has expanded rapidly in the US and in Texas during the last decade. Availability of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been an important driver of this growth. Using establishment-level employment and payroll data for Texas at the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)-6 level, we analyse the differences in average wages between firms generating electricity from fossil fuels and those generating electricity from wind power. We compare relative average wages before and after the rapid expansion of wind power development that followed the ex ante renewal of the PTC in 2006. Our main finding using both the parametric and nonparametric estimation techniques proposed by Racine and Li (2004), is that average payrolls for wind power generators increased relative to fossil fuel-based electricity generators after 2006.",
keywords = "wages, wind energy, production tax credits, clean energy",
author = "{De Silva}, Dakshina and Anita Schiller and McComb, {Robert P.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1080/00036846.2012.741679",
language = "English",
volume = "45",
pages = "3963--3972",
journal = "Applied Economics",
issn = "0003-6846",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "28",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Do production subsidies have a wage incidence in wind power?

AU - De Silva, Dakshina

AU - Schiller, Anita

AU - McComb, Robert P.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Employment in electricity generation from renewable resources has expanded rapidly in the US and in Texas during the last decade. Availability of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been an important driver of this growth. Using establishment-level employment and payroll data for Texas at the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)-6 level, we analyse the differences in average wages between firms generating electricity from fossil fuels and those generating electricity from wind power. We compare relative average wages before and after the rapid expansion of wind power development that followed the ex ante renewal of the PTC in 2006. Our main finding using both the parametric and nonparametric estimation techniques proposed by Racine and Li (2004), is that average payrolls for wind power generators increased relative to fossil fuel-based electricity generators after 2006.

AB - Employment in electricity generation from renewable resources has expanded rapidly in the US and in Texas during the last decade. Availability of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been an important driver of this growth. Using establishment-level employment and payroll data for Texas at the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)-6 level, we analyse the differences in average wages between firms generating electricity from fossil fuels and those generating electricity from wind power. We compare relative average wages before and after the rapid expansion of wind power development that followed the ex ante renewal of the PTC in 2006. Our main finding using both the parametric and nonparametric estimation techniques proposed by Racine and Li (2004), is that average payrolls for wind power generators increased relative to fossil fuel-based electricity generators after 2006.

KW - wages

KW - wind energy

KW - production tax credits

KW - clean energy

U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2012.741679

DO - 10.1080/00036846.2012.741679

M3 - Journal article

VL - 45

SP - 3963

EP - 3972

JO - Applied Economics

JF - Applied Economics

SN - 0003-6846

IS - 28

ER -