SEBAS Socio-Economic Benefits Assessment System Dennis Robinson October 6, 2004

Provide research, outreach and training that supports improved policy decisions CPAC Mission Interactive decision support and policy education Links between federal, state, and local policy

CPAC Decision Support Tools Community Advisory Panels Community Baseline Studies Economic Impact Analyses Workshops and Training

SEBAS Locally-based regional economic development decision support system Uses a multi-regional social accounting matrix (SAM) format  3 regions  54 producing sectors  9 household income-size classes  10 occupational groups  9 federal & 16 state/local tax revenue categories

SEBAS Geography Every county (238) in the states of CA, MT, NC, NH & VT Model geographical structure  County  Adjacent counties  Rest of state

SEBAS Impact Models

Running SEBAS State and county Survey data  Workers  Firm sales  Business expenses Impact Results

SEBAS Test Case 1 Government contracting firm in Butte, MT  23 employees  $2.0 payrolls  $2.9 million sales RBS vital for its capacity to perform Potential for future expansion by 50 employees

SEBAS Test Cases 2 & 3 New hypothetical commercial developments in Ashe County, NC

Evaluating Rural Economic Development Current procedure  New or retained jobs  Direct effects only Suggestions  Include indirect and direct jobs  Wages  Contributions to GDP  Distributional impacts

Contributions to GDP and Wage Impacts

Recommendations for SEBAS Include development indicators in SEBAS Expand SEBAS geographically Format and user access to SEBAS  Current format and user access  “RBS’ own” impact database  “Models on the fly”  Web access

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