Policy Research Reports
Identifying and Describing Green Occupations in Egypt: A Task and Skill – Based Approach
No.
SPRR2024_1
Publisher
ERF and GIZ
Date
December, 2024
What occupations in Egypt are (potentially) green and what are their characteristics? In this report, we rely on two commonly used databases, the O*NET database, developed for the U.S., and the ESCO database, developed for the European Union, to estimate two alternative greenness indices for occupations in Egypt. The greenness indices are based on the prevalence and relative importance of tasks (in O*NET) and skills (in ESCO) designated as green in each occupation according to these two databases. Based on specific cutoff values in these indices, we classify occupations into five green task categories from very high green task intensity to no green tasks and provide information about occupations in each category, such as their share in total employment, their employment growth rates, their education and gender composition, and their broad industrial composition. We refer to occupations with very high and high green task intensity as “green” occupations for short and provide more detailed information about specific occupations in these categories. We end the analysis by examining the most prevalent green tasks/skills as well as the fastest growing ones in the Egyptian context.
Research Fellows
Ragui Assaad
Professor and Freeman Chair for International Economic...
Authors
Caroline Krafft
Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs,...