Will “Environmental Economist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
Unknown Chance of Automation
Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?
Job Description
Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3011.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Economists”.
Also Known As…
- Environmental Economists
- Senior Economist
- Resource Economist
- Principal Research Economist
- Principal Associate
- Natural Resource Economist
- Economist
- Marine Resource Economist
- Environmental Protection Economist
- Environmental Economist
- Energy Economist
- Ecological Economist
- Agricultural Economist
Tasks for “Environmental Economist”
- Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
- Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development.
- Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
- Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
- Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
- Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways.
- Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
- Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.
- Identify and recommend environmentally-friendly business practices.
- Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
- Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
- Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
- Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
- Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision-makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
- Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Computer data input scanners
- Laptop computers
- Mainframe computers
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- 10-key calculators
- Microsoft Access
- General algebraic modeling system GAMS
- C
- Quantitative Micro Software EViews
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Econometric Software LIMDEP
- StataCorp Stata
- Microsoft Word
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Camfit Data Limited Microfit
- Web browser software
- MySQL
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Global Insight AREMOS
- SAS
- Minitab
- SPSS
- Microsoft Excel
- Aptech Systems GAUSS
- Microsoft Outlook
- Estima Regression Analysis of Time Series RATS
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN