Abstract
The circular economy (CE) is a proposal for a new, more sustainable, and durable economy model. As a consequence, this pro-environmental economic model induces visible changes in the labor market which are Green Jobs (GJs). This paper is focused on the creation of Green Jobs in the CE. The GJs are most visible in the environmental goods and services sector (EGSS). This study aims to investigate EGSS among 28 European Union countries in the years 2009–2019. The adopted method was literature research complemented by the statistical analysis of secondary data from Eurostat in the linear regression method. Then, some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their measure were used as main indicators reflecting changes in the labor market. Results are presented as a model indicating which of the SDGs can support CE and enhance a number of the Green Jobs. Presented results contribute to the science because combine factors influencing GJs creation in EGSS, in a CE perspective. This study underlines a lack of uniform methods for measuring and forecasting the effects of Green Jobs creation and indicates future research directions.
Highlights
The transition from the linear economy to the circular economy (CE) is a process observed both in theory and practice (Ferasso et al 2020; Gottinger et al 2020; de Oliveira et al 2021)
Such a model should describe between theoretical assumptions of CE and empirical implications in the emerging Green Jobs (GJs) using indicators constructed upon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In the CE, people prevent environmental damage, control pollution, and take measures to protect the enterprise’s environment (Tang et al 2018; Liu et al 2020). Issues such as development in harmony between humanity and nature, the sustainable development (SD), wise science, and technology are gaining strategic importance. These concepts are crucial for CE development and indicate the need for agreement between the participants of economic processes at the various levels
Summary
The transition from the linear economy to the circular economy (CE) is a process observed both in theory and practice (Ferasso et al 2020; Gottinger et al 2020; de Oliveira et al 2021). The CE can be summarized as a paradigm shift aimed at preventing the depletion of resources (Barreiro-Gen and Lozano 2020) by closing the loops related to energy and materials consumption (Lozano-Lunar et al 2020; RincónMoreno et al 2020; O’Connor 2021) This concept can be characterized at the micro- (customers and companies), meso- (economic agents that integrate into symbioses), and macro-levels(from national to regional and city-levels) (Prieto-Sandoval et al 2018). Such a model should describe between theoretical assumptions of CE and empirical implications in the emerging GJs using indicators constructed upon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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