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  • 7 - Making Workforce Programs Work

  • Alexander F. Gazmararian, Princeton University, New Jersey, Dustin Tingley, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book:
    Uncertain Futures
    Published online:
    06 July 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2023, pp 176-200

  • Summary

    The clean energy transition needs a workforce. Yet despite the societal demand for green energy, this workforce does not yet exist at the scale required. We show how in addition to economic explanations for why participation in workforce programs struggles, political uncertainty also creates barriers. This becomes apparent when one considers how job and potential job seekers think about local economic opportunity. This chapter unpacks the concerns and motivations of job-seekers. We feature surveys of youths, including a survey of middle schoolers conducted by a school district in coal country. We show that making workforce programs more credible can create interest in these programs and broader support for energy transitions.