01_Research&Assessment_EMPLOYMENT Flashcards
What is a push analysis?
Determines:
-sales capacity of a market area
-if introduction of a new business will generate additional customers.
What is a Regional Input-Output Modeling System?
-provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
-provides employment multipliers based on the North American Industrial Classification System which can be used to calculate a location quotient
-employment multipliers can be used to calculate a location quotient
What is a Shift Share Analysis?
Provides information on the region’s share of employment in an industry compared to the national share
Which of the following is an advantage of Shift-Share Analysis?
I. Evaluates the weaknesses of a region’s industries
II. Illustrates the region’s mix of industries
III. Illustrates the strengths of individual industries
All three
The region has 3% of its employment in the oil and gas industry, while nationally employment in oil and gas is 1%.
What the location quotient for the oil and gas industry?
3
Which of the following information is needed to conduct a shift-share analysis?
I. Industry employment for the region
II. Industry employment for the nation
III. Total employment for the community
I and II only
What is this type of employment analysis?
*comparing the proportion of basic and non-basic employers *
Economic base analysis
Women own {blank} % of all businesses
40
{blank} looks at the current economic situation to determine future economic possibilities.
Economic base analysis
An assessment of current employment by industry is part of what type of analysis?
Economic base analysis
{blank} allocates a projected employment expansion to smaller geographic areas.
Shift-share Analysis
What is Input-output analysis?
-Macroeconomic analysis
-Based on the interdependencies between different economic sectors or industries.
-Number of uses, including estimating employment change.
