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7 - Making Workforce Programs Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2023

Alexander F. Gazmararian
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
Dustin Tingley
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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The clean energy transition needs a workforce. Yet despite the societal demand for green energy, this workforce does not yet exist at the scale required. We show how in addition to economic explanations for why participation in workforce programs struggles, political uncertainty also creates barriers. This becomes apparent when one considers how job and potential job seekers think about local economic opportunity. This chapter unpacks the concerns and motivations of job-seekers. We feature surveys of youths, including a survey of middle schoolers conducted by a school district in coal country. We show that making workforce programs more credible can create interest in these programs and broader support for energy transitions.

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Uncertain Futures
How to Unlock the Climate Impasse
, pp. 176 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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