An Asset-Based Perspective of the Economic Contributions of Latinx Communities: An Illinois Case Study

Ivis García and Zafer Sönmez
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Ivis García: Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA
Zafer Sönmez: Innovation and Technology, The Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M7, Canada

Societies, 2020, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The study aims to measure Latinx share of economic activities and highlight and its increasing role in the economic future of their state. As a methodology we use input-output model-based IMPLAN to calculate the economic footprint of Latinx in Illinois. We demonstrate how this labor force has allowed the state to expand production and purchasing power. In the conclusion we discuss how this line of investigation allows us to explore what decision makers can do to facilitate a Latinx action agenda from the asset-based perspective.

Keywords: Latinx; economic footprint; economic multiplier; IMPLAN; asset-based approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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