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Environmental costs of the global job market for economists

Olivier Chanel, Alberto Prati and Morgan Raux


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.


20 October 2022     Paper Number CEPCP637

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.