Employment Effects in Colorado of Biden’s Green Energy, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure Programs

PERI researchers Robert Pollin, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, and Shouvik Chakraborty estimate the employment impacts in Colorado of the major 2022 – 2023 Biden measures supporting clean energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure investments, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Bipartisan infrastructure Law (BIL), and the CHIPS and Science Act.  The study estimates job creation and job quality impacts in Colorado of these measures.  It also shows the demographic profile of the workforce—the ethnic and gender composition and educational levels—for sectors that will experience major job growth in Colorado.

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