Private vs. Public Employment
I am trying to estimate the direct employment associated with a public airport that is owned and operated by a County government (not the one where the airport is located). The airport employs about 200-250 people - are this somehow added into "Air Transportation (408)" or "Scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities for transportation (414)" (which includes "Airport Operations")? The "Air Transportation" sector (which should be limited to airlines and for San Bernardino Co. shows 1,416 employees for 2013 while the BLS data (private only) shows only 1,174 (a difference of 242). Similarly, how would Federal air traffic controllers be categorized? Many thanks
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Hi Rex. Thank you for your post. Since they are government workers they would be [url=https://implan.com/index.php?option=com_glossary&id=43]government enterprises[/url]. Government Enterprises 523 is local government workers (federal would be 520). However, this would be just a subset of the Government Enterprises in that Sector, so for estimating Direct Effects it is just good to keep in mind the Output per Worker that generates the Direct Employment will be based on more than just airport activity. Are you trying to get better Direct specificity for 200-250, or is there something else you are trying to determine and we are misunderstanding? By BLS data we presume you mean QCEW data? If that is the case there are typically a large number of variances between QCEW data and IMPLAN because we captured additional data from other sources. For more information about our Employment data and how it's estimated please see the following [url=http://implan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=821&Itemid=1555#Employment.]link[/url]. Thanks! -
I think that answers my question. I was trying to determine whether there is some re-allocation of the basic QCEW employment from other sectors (including Local government enterprises) into the "Air Transportation" sector for the County and the zip allocation. And whether this might account for the higher values at the county level? "Air Transportation" should only include airlines with support services included in the general category "Scenic/Sightseeing and Transportation Support". Can you confirm that "Air Transportation" would not include any public sector employees? Many thanks.
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