Green Economy as a Labor Productivity Factor in the Manufacturing Industry of European Union Countries

Sustainable development is suggested by environmentalists as the solution for confronting the intense environmental, social and economic problems that emerge globally in the last decades. This study presents the recent features and trends of the associated concepts, like the green economy, green entrepreneurship, green professions and labour-market, with a particular reference to European Union countries. In the course of transforming the current economic model towards a green direction, vocational education appears as a fundamental prerequisite that will prepare the future workforce of green economy. In this respect, a small-scale research is also presented, recording the relevant opinions of senior high-school students in Western Attica (Greece), being an area of acute environmental, social and economic problems.

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Green economy indicators for Poland and other European Union countries

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.1109 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 61 (10) ◽

pp. 54-74

Author(s):

Dorota Wyszkowska ◽

Anna Rogalewska

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Green Economy ◽

Green Growth ◽

Economic Opportunities ◽

Policy Responses ◽

The World ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Theoretical Issues ◽

Different Parts

Economic crises affecting different parts of the world have forced world leaders to seek new paths of development, taking into account the needs of environmental protection and prevention of adverse effects of human activities. One of these roads may be ”green growth” leading to the achievement of ”green economy”. Monitoring the state of green economy in Poland is possible due to certain indicators, among which is defined the group of measures relating to economic opportunities and policy responses. The aim of this article is to present the mentioned above group of indicators. The article is divided into two parts. The first one shows the theoretical issues relating to the green economy and indicators to measure it, with particular emphasis on the selected group. While the second is devoted to presenting the Polish situation in the background of other European Union countries in terms of the indicators of the economic opportunities and policy responses.

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Sustainable Development and Green Economy in the European Union Countries—Statistical Analysis

Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization - Classification and Data Analysis ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-52348-0_11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 163-185

Author(s):

Katarzyna Cheba ◽

Iwona Bąk

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Green Economy ◽

The European Union ◽

European Union Countries

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The Nexus between Financial Regulation and Green Sustainable Economy

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12218778 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (21) ◽

pp. 8778

Author(s):

Elena Cigu ◽

Mihai-Bogdan Petrișor ◽

Alina-Cristina Nuță ◽

Florian-Marcel Nuță ◽

Ionel Bostan

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Linear Regression Model ◽

Financial Regulation ◽

Green Economy ◽

System Reform ◽

Complex Relationship ◽

Regulation And Supervision ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Sustainable Economy

Following the international financial trend, several countries launched comprehensive and coordinated financial system reform programs to reach green sustainable economy. These reforms have included significant adjustments in financial regulation and supervision policies designed precisely to stimulate the improvement in the performance of green economy. This paper explores the literature regarding the importance of financial regulation and the state of green sustainable economy as a first objective. The second objective is to develop a linear regression model for empirically understanding how the financial regulation can affect green sustainable economy and apply it for 25 European Union countries, over the period of time 2000–2018, covering pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis period. Our findings support the idea that coherent financial regulation framework determines green economy to be growth-friendly and sustainable. The paper can be considered a useful viewpoint in understanding the complex relationship between regulation and green sustainable economy, thus adding to existing literature.

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THE GREEN ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RELATION: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi ◽

10.9775/kauiibfd.2018.025 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Dilek KUTLUAY ŞAHİN

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Sustainable Growth ◽

Green Economy ◽

The European Union ◽

European Union Countries

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THE DIRECTION OF AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN EU COUNTRIES

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0010.7927 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol XIX (6) ◽

pp. 182-189

Author(s):

Aldona Mrówczyńska-Kamińska

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Labor Productivity ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

The European Union ◽

Food Sector ◽

Surplus Labor ◽

Eu Countries ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Food Economy ◽

The Individual

The main objective of the research is to evaluate the development of the food economy (agribusiness) in the European Union countries. The aim of the study was to analyze the productivity of agribusiness work in the European Union countries against the national economy. This was then compared to the level of socio-economic development (measured by GDP per capita) of the individual EU countries, and on this basis, the development of the agri-food sector was assessed. The time series of the study covered 1995 and 2010, ie the years for which the first and the most recent data on “Inputs for balances” are available for individual EU countries. One of the most important methods used to evaluate the development of agribusiness in the European Union was the input-output method. Research has shown that productivity in agribusiness in the EU-12 is still lower than in most EU-15 countries. Differences in productivity levels in agribusiness between countries are mainly influenced by surplus labor in agriculture. Increasing labor productivity in agriculture contributes to a stronger social division of labor in both agriculture and agribusiness, ie the development of modern food sector in line with the model of agricultural development. The question remains, however, whether the new member states will duplicate the path set by the developed Western and Northern European countries, based primarily on a large increase in labor productivity, but will follow a completely different path in food production.

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