A method for economic input-output social impact analysis with application to US advanced manufacturing

作     者：Richter, Justin S. Mendis, Gamini P. Nies, Larry Sutherland, John W. 

作者机构：Purdue Univ Environm & Ecol Engn W Lafayette IN 47907 USA Purdue Univ Ecol Sci & Engn W Lafayette IN 47907 USA Purdue Univ Civil Engn W Lafayette IN 47907 USA 

出 版 物：《JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION》 (清洁器生产杂志)

年 卷 期：2019年第212卷

页      面：302-312页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：Fehsenfeld Family Endowment NSF IGERT on Sustainable Electronics [DGE 1144843] 

主　　题：Social impact metrics Input-output method Industrial social performance Economic allocation Advanced manufacturing 

摘      要：Industrial sustainability performance has, up until recently, been mainly based on a combination of economic and environmental measures. The social dimension of sustainability performance remains largely unknown. The lack of understanding of social performance, i.e., how stakeholder needs are impacted by industrial production, limits the capacity of decision makers to pursue fully informed choices. Fortunately, large quantities of economic and social data exist in the public domain. The vast economic and social data enable the creation of industry-related social impact metrics that can describe how industry directly affects society. However, assessing social impacts in an economy requires a multidisciplinary modeling approach. The proposed method, economic input-output social impact assessment, is developed to integrate economic production with two new social impact metrics based on employee/worker-needs: Cost Of Injuries identifies employee safety/security needs, and Employees below a Living Wage identifies worker basic needs. The model is applied using a case study that introduces the economically important and technologically innovative Advanced Manufacturing cluster of industries in the United States. In 2012, Advanced Manufacturing represented over 39% of U.S. manufacturing output and 7.8%, or $2.25 trillion. of the U.S. total economic output ranking 6th in the total economy. As a result of the model, Advanced Manufacturing was attributed 8.5%, or $13 billion, for the total national social impacts of Cost Of Injuries, ranking 5th in the U.S. economy. Advanced Manufacturing was also attributed 3.5%, or 3 million employees, for the total national social impacts of Employees below a Living Wage, ranking 12th out of the 16 economic sectors studied. The economic input-output social impact assessment method is demonstrated to provide a measurable path forward to evaluate the social performance of industries. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.