Summary

This article provides new experimental estimates of the time spent doing green tasks, over time, by UK country and by industry. It uses a new method, based on task-level data from the O*NET database in the US.

Publications

• Research into “green jobs”: time spent doing green tasks, UK: 1997 to 2019

  This article provides new experimental estimates of the time spent doing green tasks, over time, by UK country and by industry. It uses a new method, based on task-level data from the O*NET database in the US.

• Developing a method for measuring time spent on green tasks: March 2022

  A methods article on estimating time spent on green tasks, as part of research into measuring “green jobs”. Describes the use of task-level data from the US Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database, occupation conversion from US to UK occupation codes, and application to UK labour market data.

Data

• Truncated proportional conversion between ISCO-08 and UK SOC classifications

  Conversion between International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) and the UK Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) 2000 and 2010. Developed as part of research into "green jobs" using an occupation- and task-based approach. Used to convert US Occupational Information Network (O*NET) data to UK SOC codes.

• Estimated time spent on green tasks by occupation code

  Estimates of the fraction of time spent doing green tasks, by occupation code using the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) 2000 and SOC 2010. Part of research into "green jobs", using an occupation- and task-based approach.

• Time spent on green tasks

  Experimental estimates of the time spent doing green tasks, over time, by UK country and by industry. The estimates use a new method based on task-level data from the O*NET database in the US.

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