IAE assesses regional competitiveness, workforce needs, supply chain capacity, export potential, and regulatory hurdles. This in-depth research helps guide economic development efforts towards the region’s strengths and more promising opportunities, while also highlighting weaknesses where intervention may be usefully deployed. Recent examples of industry cluster and sector-based research includes:

• Industry Clusters in Los Angeles County: 2020 Update
• Energizing an Ecosystem: The Electric Mobility Revolution in Southern California
• The Ocean Economy in Los Angeles County
• Goods on the Move: Trade and Logistics in Southern California
• The Changing Face of Aerospace in Southern California: The Future is Here
• High Tech in LA:  Employment and Economic Contribution of the High Tech Sector in LA County (2014)
• Otis Report on the Creative Economy of California and the Los Angeles Region
• Manufacturing in California: Employment and Competitiveness (2014)
• More Industry Cluster & Sector-Based Research »

IAE assesses policy initiatives in the context of economic impacts. This includes relevant literature reviews, technical analysis, and metrics to measure and evaluate policy effectiveness. An example includes:

• California Film and Television Tax Credit Program: An Economic Impact Study (2014) (182)
• Oil and Gas Set-Back Economic Report (661)
• Economic Impact Study: Measure M (255)
• Reducing Supply from California Refineries: Industries at Risk
• LAEDC peer review of outside paper on Film and Television Tax Credit, “Do State Corporate Tax Incentives Create Jobs? Quasi-experimental Evidence from the Entertainment Industry”
• More Policy Analysis »

IAE quantifies the relationship between a particular economic activity (investment, purchase, operations, expansion) and its interdependence with various sectors of the economy. Any economic activity impacts the number of jobs, earnings, and economic output in a region. A subset of this type of analysis is producing jobs reports for applicants to the EB-5 program, which stimulates the US economy through capital investment and job creation by foreign investors. Recent examples of economic impact studies include:

• Oil and Gas Industry in California: 2019 Report
• The Broad Museum: Economic Impact of First Year of Operations
• NFL Stadium / City of Carson: Economic Impact Analysis
• Union Station Master Plan: An Economic Impact Analysis
• Grand Avenue Plan: An Economic Impact Analysis
• LACMA Transformation Project: Economic Impact Analysis
• Reducing Supply from California Refineries: Industries at Risk
• More Economic Impact & Industry Contribution Analysis »

IAE creates extensive and reliable demographic profiles including population, household, education, income, housing, and other characteristics for any standard or customized geographic region. Annual economic forecasts that project how our regional economy will change in the coming years are also created by our economists. Some recent examples of the IAE’s Regional Economic Reports include:

• LAEDC’s 2022 Economic Forecast (15)
• Pathways to Economic Resiliency LA County: Executive Summary (part 1) (12645)
• San Gabriel Valley Economic Forecast (1106)
• The Path Forward: Economic and Workforce Intelligence for Northeast Los Angeles
• More Regional Economic Reports & Studies »

IAE analyzes a particular geographic location in terms of the occupational makeup of individual industries or industry clusters. This includes the employment, training, education, and median annual wages. In context with the composition of the local residential population, this analysis is used to assess and evaluate the ability of workers to meet current and future workforce needs. Recent examples include:

• Middle-Skill Occupations through the Lens of Race & Ethnicity (223)
• Four Year Colleges and Universities: Addressing the Knowledge Worker Talent Gap in Southern California (374)
• Healthcare Services Industry in LA Basin: Occupations & Talent (852)
• L.A. & Orange County Community Colleges: Powering Economic Opportunity (1027)
• People, Industry and Jobs
• Oil and Gas in California:  Workforce Needs Assessment
• More Workforce Development Research »

The reports underscore the immense amount of international connections that are essential to economic activities and jobs here in Southern California and L.A. County. Recent examples include:

• The Circular Economy and the Built Environment in the Los Angeles Region: Opportunities for Dutch Companies
• 2021 FDI Report – Foreign Direct Investment in CA – World Trade Center LA (623)
• 2016-2017 International Trade Outlook (521)
• Growing Together: Taiwan and Los Angeles County (2015) (221)
• More International Reports »