Environmental costs of the global job market for economists

Alberto Prati (1, 2, 3) , Olivier Chanel (4) , Morgan Raux (5)

1 UCL - University College of London [London]
2 University of Oxford
3 CEP - LSE - Centre for Economic Performance
4 AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
5 University of Luxembourg [Luxembourg]

Each year, the international job market for economists involves more than 1,000 candidates and several hundred recruiters from around the world meeting for short pre-screening interviews at annual congresses in Europe and the United States. Alberto Prati, Olivier Chanel and Morgan Raux argue that it’s time to reassess this unsustainable system and estimate the carbon footprint of alternatives.

Domaines: Economies et finances

Alberto Prati, Olivier Chanel, Morgan Raux. Environmental costs of the global job market for economists. CentrePiece, 2022, 27 (3), pp.9-11. ⟨hal-03998967⟩