Fig. 1: Although both are significant, geospatial distance is a bigger factor than skill similarity in fossil fuel worker mobility. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Although both are significant, geospatial distance is a bigger factor than skill similarity in fossil fuel worker mobility.

From: Location is a major barrier for transferring US fossil fuel employment to green jobs

Fig. 1: Although both are significant, geospatial distance is a bigger factor than skill similarity in fossil fuel worker mobility.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

A Fossil fuel workers' skills are more similar to the skill requirements of green jobs than to those of other industries according to a two-sample t-test. p-value is <0.001 and a 95% confidence interval of difference in mean is [0.099, 0.108]. B We use a Poisson model to predict the flows of workers who transition from the fossil fuel industry (f) in metropolitan area m to industry i in metropolitan area \({m}^{{\prime} }\) according to industry-region migration data from the US Census Bureau from 2005 to 2019. Distance and employment are log-transformed. The Stay (Industry) and Stay (Location) indicator variables control for workers who remain in the same industry or MSA/NMSA, respectively. All variables are centered and standardized (i.e., transformed into z-scores) so regression coefficients are directly comparable. Coefficients are reported, followed by standard errors in parentheses and p-values.

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