A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy examines the complexity of verifying whether energy efficiency improvements help create jobs. Job creation is often a motivating argument for investing in energy efficiency. The MacArthur-supported report identifies some of the issues that contribute to a lack of consistency in attempting to verify efficiency-related job creation, and proposes an analytically rigorous framework for program evaluators to use in future assessments. An accompanying blog post by Economist Jim Barrett also looks at best practices in verifying job creation.
