An Asset-Based Perspective of the Economic Contributions of Latinx Communities: An Illinois Case Study Academic Article uri icon

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.

published proceedings

  • SOCIETIES

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Garcia, I., & Sonmez, Z.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Garcia, Ivis||Sonmez, Zafer

publication date

  • January 2020

publisher