Can a carbon permit system reduce Spanish unemployment? |
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Authors: | Taran Fæhn Antonio G Gómez-Plana Snorre Kverndokk |
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Affiliation: | 1. Research Department, Statistics Norway, P.B. 8131 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway;2. Public University of Navarre, Department of Economics, Campus de Arrosadía, 31006 Pamplona, Spain;3. Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | This paper analyses the impact of carbon policy on unemployment in Spain and whether recycling the public revenues earned from permit auctions can alleviate this problem. While Spain's deviation from the European Union's intermediate emission goals is more serious than most other member countries' unemployment in Spain is also well above average for the European Union. We use a computable general equilibrium model that includes unemployment in the markets for unskilled and skilled labour. We find that introducing carbon permits does not aggravate Spanish unemployment. In fact, if supplied with revenue recycling schemes, unemployment rates may actually fall. Contrary to other European studies, we find that the best option is to reduce payroll taxes on relatively skilled types of labour. This reform is successful in both increasing labour demand and dampening the supply response to rising wages. However, while all of the recycling schemes generate dividends in terms of aggregate welfare, none entirely offsets the abatement costs. |
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