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Measuring economic impact of film and video production: National multipliers

National economic multipliers for the cultural sector (sector specific)

	Gross value added multiplier. (effect on GDP)	Employment multiplier. (FTE employment by $ million of investment spend)¹
	Gross value added multiplier. (effect on GDP)	1997$	2005/06$
Film and video production and distribution	1.8	37	30.7
Motion picture exhibition	1.3	19	15.8
Radio and TV services	1.4	19	15.8

Source: Multipliers for Culture-Related Industries, prepared by the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics of the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group, based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian National Accounts: Input-Output Tables, 1996-97.

Notes:
1. The employment multiplier is adjusted for inflation. The right-hand column shows the multiplier to be used with 2005/06 dollars, adjusted using the ‘gross national expenditure – implicit price deflator’ (adjustment in this table is the December 1996 relative to the December 2006 implicit price deflator).

Measuring economic impact:: State multipliers.

For more information on different types of multipliers, their methodologies and their uses, please refer to the following AFC publication: The Economic Contribution of a Film Project – A Guide to Issues and Practice in the use of Multipliers.