A presentation discussing various data and analysis tools and how they can be applied to address the broad range of issues facing communies in this challenging economy. We discuss how to define and evaluate various green projects, how to turn layoffs into opportunities for regional innovation, and how cluster analysis and business intelligence can be combined to create a powerful tool for identifying and supporting areas of entrepreneurial growth.
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C2ER 2009 - Data-Driven Responses to a Rapidly Changing Economy
1. Data-Driven
Responses to a
Rapidly Changing
Economy
Using Labor Market
Information to understand
green jobs, evaluate projects,
and support entrepreneurial
growth
3. About Clients in Economic Development, Workforce
Development, and Education
EMSI
4. About Clients in Economic Development, Workforce
Development, and Education
EMSI Through a comprehensive Labor Market data set,
we help people better understand their regions and
make sound decisions
6. Reaffirming Data is all around us
The Importance
of Data
7. Reaffirming Data is all around us
The Importance Data helps us make informed decisions
of Data
8. Reaffirming Data is all around us
The Importance Data helps us make informed decisions
Even though times are changing, sound
of Data economic analysis and strategic
planning practices have not
9. Reaffirming Data is all around us
The Importance Data helps us make informed decisions
Even though times are changing, sound
of Data economic analysis and strategic
planning practices have not
Because decisions must be made
quickly, the inclusion of data is
necessary for correct allocation of
resources
15. Going Green The ARRA includes $87 billion in explicit
Green Investments
16. Going Green The ARRA includes $87 billion in explicit
Green Investments
The Obama Administration’s goal is to
create 2.5 million green jobs over 2 years
17. Going Green The ARRA includes $87 billion in explicit
Green Investments
The Obama Administration’s goal is to
create 2.5 million green jobs over 2 years
Green Tech companies received
$8.4 billion in venture capital in 2008,
up 38% from 2007
18. Going Green The ARRA includes $87 billion in explicit
Green Investments
The Obama Administration’s goal is to
create 2.5 million green jobs over 2 years
Green Tech companies received
$8.4 billion in venture capital in 2008,
up 38% from 2007
Many states are beginning their own
aggressive green initiatives
21. But what is a green job?
“Green” turns not on the specific task associated
with an occupation, but rather on the specific
outcome of an occupational effort.
23. Two Problems Linking Green Jobs to existing data is
difficult because SOC classifications are
generally broad, with each SOC
representing several occupations
24. Two Problems Linking Green Jobs to existing data is
difficult because SOC classifications are
generally broad, with each SOC
representing several occupations
Neither SOC codes or NAICS codes
differentiate between various “outcomes,”
except in a very few cases
42. Evaluating You are working with a region that has just
lost a major manufacturer
Green
Projects
43. Evaluating You are working with a region that has just
lost a major manufacturer
Green
You have three major investment
Projects opportunities, all of them very different
44. Evaluating You are working with a region that has just
lost a major manufacturer
Green
You have three major investment
Projects opportunities, all of them very different
We will look at 3 different criteria for
evaluation: ROI, long-term impact, and
regional compatibility
49. Which to Major considerations:
• Regional makeup
Choose? • Impact per dollar spent
• Long-term vs. short-term impact
50. Which to Major considerations:
• Regional makeup
Choose? • Impact per dollar spent
• Long-term vs. short-term impact
The Verdict: Scenario #3, which has the
lowest cost-per-job, creates long-term
employment, has the greatest fiscal impact,
and directly addresses a major local layoff
52. Evaluating A rural area has the opportunity to invest in
one of three infrastructure improvements
Investments
53. Evaluating A rural area has the opportunity to invest in
one of three infrastructure improvements
Investments We’ll examine building a 5-mile bypass
highway, improving rail access, and
investing in broadband communications
infrastructure
54. Evaluating A rural area has the opportunity to invest in
one of three infrastructure improvements
Investments We’ll examine building a 5-mile bypass
highway, improving rail access, and
investing in broadband communications
infrastructure
Evaluation criteria remain the same
58. Depending on the desired outcome, any of
Impact these projects could be a sound investment
Summary
59. Depending on the desired outcome, any of
Impact these projects could be a sound investment
Summary This very basic analysis serves as a basis for
planning, facilitates collaboration, and mitigates
the temptation to plan based on anecdote or
inertia
60. Depending on the desired outcome, any of
Impact these projects could be a sound investment
Summary This very basic analysis serves as a basis for
planning, facilitates collaboration, and mitigates
the temptation to plan based on anecdote or
inertia
Once you understand regional resources and
potential impacts, project selection (and grant
application) can be approached with
confidence
61. Outline 1. Defining Green Jobs
2. Evaluating Projects and Investments
3. Identifying and Measuring Entrepreneurs
63. The Importance of Many ARRA investments are short-term
Entrepreneurs fixes that fail to address long-term
regional innovation needs
64. The Importance of Many ARRA investments are short-term
Entrepreneurs fixes that fail to address long-term
regional innovation needs
Business attraction is becoming more
difficult, and movements such as
Economic Gardening are gaining
exposure
65. The Importance of Many ARRA investments are short-term
Entrepreneurs fixes that fail to address long-term
regional innovation needs
Business attraction is becoming more
difficult, and movements such as
Economic Gardening are gaining
exposure
Identifying and supporting entrepreneurs
is an essential part of a well-rounded
development strategy
67. In Pursuit of What is generally regarded as the most
reliable Labor Market Data set, QCEW,
Self-Proprietors does not include self-proprietors
68. In Pursuit of What is generally regarded as the most
reliable Labor Market Data set, QCEW,
Self-Proprietors does not include self-proprietors
EMSI uses BEA’s REIS, based off of
tax returns, to isolate those proprietors
and add them back into our data
69. In Pursuit of What is generally regarded as the most
reliable Labor Market Data set, QCEW,
Self-Proprietors does not include self-proprietors
EMSI uses BEA’s REIS, based off of
tax returns, to isolate those proprietors
and add them back into our data
EMSI then uses PUMS, an ACS
project, to develop staffing patterns and
other data for self-proprietors
70. National Trends - Information Technology Cluster
Description Complete Covered Proprietors
Software publishers 292,011 257,194 34,817
Wired telecommunications carriers 502,615 434,730 67,885
Paging 17,515 14,804 2,711
Cellular and other wireless carriers 215,445 187,086 28,359
Telecommunications resellers 133,633 113,860 19,773
Satellite telecommunications 15,254 12,857 2,397
Other telecommunications 8,368 7,386 982
Internet service providers 93,640 85,315 8,325
Web search portals 41,820 34,449 7,371
Data processing and related services 307,448 257,438 50,010
Custom computer programming services 863,217 634,019 229,198
Computer systems design services 877,826 659,980 217,846
Computer facilities management services 73,541 53,673 19,868
Other computer related services 141,568 104,101 37,467
Other management consulting services 156,238 89,652 66,586
Physical, engineering and biological research 602,513 553,736 48,777
Social science and humanities research 66,640 61,945 4,695
4,409,290 3,562,225 847,067
72. The Elusive Finding self-proprietors is only the beginning.
What about small businesses?
7th Digit
73. The Elusive Finding self-proprietors is only the beginning.
What about small businesses?
7th Digit
Business-level data, sorted by NAICS, can
connect traditional cluster analysis to real
companies
74. The Elusive Finding self-proprietors is only the beginning.
What about small businesses?
7th Digit
Business-level data, sorted by NAICS, can
connect traditional cluster analysis to real
companies
Business-level data can help you identify,
isolate, and engage small businesses affected
by economic policy