From “Decent work and economic growth” to “Sustainable work and economic degrowth”: a new framework for SDG 8
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From “Decent work and economic growth” to “Sustainable work and economic degrowth” : a new framework for SDG 8. / Kreinin, Halliki; Aigner, Ernest.
In: Empirica, Vol. 49, No. 2, 05.2022, p. 281-311.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - From “Decent work and economic growth” to “Sustainable work and economic degrowth”
T2 - a new framework for SDG 8
AU - Kreinin, Halliki
AU - Aigner, Ernest
N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers and the Editor of this Special Issue, as well as Louison Cahen-Fourot, Katharina Bohnenberger, Stefanie Gerold, Maja Hoffmann, Jarmo Kikstra, Joel Foramitti, and their colleagues at the Ecological Economics Institute for helpful feedback during the writing process. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - The sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) have successfully raised awareness and built momentum for taking collective action, while also remaining uncritical of the central causes of the environmental crises – economic growth, inequality, and overconsumption in the Global North. We analyse SDG 8 “Decent Work and Economic Growth” from the perspective of strong sustainability – as phenomena, institutions and ideologies – and find that it does not fit the criteria of strong sustainability. Based on this observation, we propose a novel framework for SDG8 in line with strong sustainability and the latest scientific research, “Sustainable Work and Economic Degrowth”, including a first proposal for new sub-goals, targets and indicators. This encompasses an integrated systems approach to achieving the SDGs’ overalls goals – a sustainable future for present and future generations. The key novel contributions of the paper include new indicators to measure societies’ dependence on economic growth, to ensure the provisioning of welfare independent of economic growth.
AB - The sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) have successfully raised awareness and built momentum for taking collective action, while also remaining uncritical of the central causes of the environmental crises – economic growth, inequality, and overconsumption in the Global North. We analyse SDG 8 “Decent Work and Economic Growth” from the perspective of strong sustainability – as phenomena, institutions and ideologies – and find that it does not fit the criteria of strong sustainability. Based on this observation, we propose a novel framework for SDG8 in line with strong sustainability and the latest scientific research, “Sustainable Work and Economic Degrowth”, including a first proposal for new sub-goals, targets and indicators. This encompasses an integrated systems approach to achieving the SDGs’ overalls goals – a sustainable future for present and future generations. The key novel contributions of the paper include new indicators to measure societies’ dependence on economic growth, to ensure the provisioning of welfare independent of economic growth.
KW - Decent work
KW - Degrowth
KW - Economic growth
KW - SDG 8
KW - Sustainable work
KW - Economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117688651&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10663-021-09526-5
DO - 10.1007/s10663-021-09526-5
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85117688651
VL - 49
SP - 281
EP - 311
JO - Empirica
JF - Empirica
SN - 0340-8744
IS - 2
ER -