Employment Creation potential of the exhibition industry: Input-output approach

One of the most important necessities of every country's economy is to identify the economic sectors with high job creation capacities and at the same time to adopt appropriate policies to create employment and job opportunities. In the meantime, the exhibition industry, as one of the economic activities that plays a significant role in the process of creating and increasing employment, is the focus of this study in order to evaluate the job creation potential of this industry in Iran using the input-output table in 2016. The results of this study showed that the activities: Rental services of machinery and equipment without operator and personal and household goods, other support services, repair and maintenance services of machinery and transport equipment, services related to sewage and waste disposal, environmental health and other services related to environmental protection, police services and fire department, art services, libraries and museums, travel agencies services, residential buildings, other scientific, technical and professional services, government administrative services, and transportation support services have the greatest impact on job creation potential of the exhibition industry.