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Workers’ Earnings Losses Due to the Low-Carbon Transition. Theory and Application in a CGE Model

Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks

Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks

The National Centre for Emissions ManagementWarsaw, Poland
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Witajewski-Baltvilks, Jan
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Jakub Boratyński

Jakub Boratyński

The National Centre for Emissions ManagementWarsaw, Poland
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Boratyński, Jakub
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Robert Jeszke

Robert Jeszke

The National Centre for Emissions ManagementWarsaw, Poland
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Maciej Pyrka

Maciej Pyrka

The National Centre for Emissions ManagementWarsaw, Poland
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Aug 05, 2025
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Published Online: Aug 05, 2025
Page range: 186 - 204
Received: Aug 29, 2024
Accepted: Apr 09, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0012
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Figure 1.

GDP and labour compensation loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition)
GDP and labour compensation loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition)

Figure 2.

Labour compensation loss for all workers and for miners in Poland due to frictional transition of .labour between sectors (absolute difference between frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition)
Labour compensation loss for all workers and for miners in Poland due to frictional transition of .labour between sectors (absolute difference between frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition)

Figure 3.

GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of labour supply at the sectoral level
GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of labour supply at the sectoral level

Figure 4.

GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of substitution between fossils and electricity
GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of substitution between fossils and electricity

Figure 5.

GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of substitution between energy composite and the capital-labour composite
GDP (left panel) and labour compensation (right panel) loss in Poland due to frictional transition of labour between sectors (percentage difference between the frictionless decarbonisation simulation and the simulation with frictions throughout the transition) for the alternative assumptions regarding elasticity of substitution between energy composite and the capital-labour composite
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