Data Team
Articles
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The RAS Method
OVERVIEW The RAS Method is a widely used technique for balancing matrices. A matrix is balanced when the sum of the values in both rows and columns sum to the control total for each. RAS is utilize...
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IMPLAN CEW Data Series
INTRODUCTION As part of the annual production process for IMPLAN’s U.S.-based datasets, IMPLAN produces a fully-disclosed CEW Data Series that includes establishment counts, wage and salary employm...
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Understanding Value Added (VA)
INTRODUCTION Every Industry needs to purchase goods and services (Commodities) from other Industries (and even from itself!) to operate their business. These are known as Intermediate Inputs. The I...
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Understanding IMPLAN Social Account Reports
INTRODUCTION IMPLAN's annual datasets provide a complete set of balanced Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) for every zip-code, county, and state in the U.S. These SAMs provide a complete picture of...
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International Data Sources and Methods
OVERVIEW Data for the IMPLAN International Product come primarily from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)1, with data originating from several different, but related ...
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Industry Scheme
OVERVIEW IMPLAN’s Industry scheme and corresponding production functions are based largely on the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA’s) Benchmark I-O Accounts. The BEA Benchmarks are prepared ...
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Understanding Labor Income (LI): Employee Compensation (EC) and Proprietor Income (PI)
INTRODUCTION Labor Income represents the total value of all forms of employment-based income paid to Households by a given Industry or throughout a defined economy during a specified period of time...
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The Global Remainder and Global Economic Impact Studies
INTRODUCTION The IMPLAN International Product includes the Global Remainder, an aggregation of countries developed for modeling global economic impacts. A user can include the Global Remainder regi...
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2023 Environmental Release Notes
INTRODUCTION IMPLAN’s environmental data come from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and consist of ratios representing physical emissions or inputs per dollar of industry output, with...
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Understanding Taxes on Production & Imports, Net of Subsidies (TOPI)
INTRODUCTION Taxes on Production and Imports Net of Subsidies (TOPI) is a component of Value Added and is remitted to the Government Institutions by Industries. TOPI is comprised of sales and excis...