Analiza zaposlenosti u energetskom sektoru Europske unije

master's thesis

• Title (english): Analysis of employment in the energy sector of the European Union
• Author: Josip Medved
• Mentor: Alka Obadić (mentor)
• Committee member: Alka Obadić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Lucija Rogić Dumančić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tomislav Gelo (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; (Department of Macroeconomics and Economic Development); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Macroeconomics

Abstract

Energetski sektor ima važnu ulogu u održavanju i razvoju svakoga gospodarstva pa tako i političko-ekonomske zajednica kao što je Europska unija. U posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća, kako u svijetu tako i u Europskoj uniji, događa se energetska tranzicija zbog potrebe očuvanja okoliša primjenom novijih tehnologija i izvora energije. Takvi trendovi imaju utjecaj na velik broj parametara koji čine energetski sektor pa tako i na zaposlenost i vještine koje zaposlenici moraju posjedovati kako bi obavljali poslove na novijim radnim mjestima koje stvara energetska tranzicija. Takva radna mjesta nazivaju se zelena radna mjesta i njihov udio u Europskoj uniji se znatno povećao u zadnjih nekoliko desetljeća te je njihova svrha očuvanje okoliša kroz efikasnije korištenje resursa i korištenjem energije iz energetskih izvora koje manje onečišćuju te pritom zahtijevaju obrazovaniju i prilagodljiviju radnu snagu koja je sposobna pratiti nove tehnološke razvitke. U pogledu same zaposlenosti unutar energetskog sektora Europske unije i odjeljcima koji ga čine događaju se neke promjene. Smanjuje se broj radnih mjesta u odjeljcima koji vade sirova fosilna goriva, no raste broj zaposlenih u odjeljcima koji koriste te sirovine za preradu. U dobno-spolnoj strukturi dosta je veći udio zaposlenih muškaraca od žena te je veći broj starijih zaposlenika od mlađih, no postoji blagi trend smanjenja istih. Plaće zaposlenika u energetskom sektoru uglavnom rastu, no ne po istoj stopi u svim odjeljcima koji čine energetski sektor.

Abstract (english)

The energy sector plays a significant role in sustaining and developing of every economy and it is not a different case with an economic and political union like the European Union. In the last few decades there has been an ongoing energy transition in the world and in the European Union for the primary reason of stopping the climate change through the use of new technologies and energy sources. Such a trend can have a significant impact on different parameters of the energy sector which includes employment and skills that employees have to know in order to work in the new jobs that the energy transition is creating. Those new jobs are called green jobs and their share in the total jobs in the European Union has significantly increased in the last few decades. Their primary purpose is to protect the environment through a more efficient use of resources and to use energy from sources which have less of an impact on the environment. Green jobs require a more highly educated work force which can adapt to the rapid developments in technology. Employment in the energy sector of the European Union has seen some changes the last decade. There has been a decrease in the number of people employed in the parts of the energy sector which extracts crude fossil fuels but on the other hand has seen an increase in parts that use those crude oils to make other products. The age-sex structure of the European Union's energy sector primarily consists of male and older workers whose share is showing a gradual decrease. Salaries are mostly increasing but not at the same rate in the different parts of the energy sector.

• Keywords: energetski sektor; Europska unija; zaposlenost; zelena radna mjesta; energetska tranzicija
• Keywords (english): energy sector; European Union; employment; green jobs; energy transition
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:548868
• Study programme: Title: Economics of energy and environment; Study programme type: professional; Study level: specialist graduate; Academic / professional title: stručni/a specijalist/specijalistica ekonomije (stručni/a specijalist/specijalistica ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-09-18 11:56:56