... an economic impact of the universityon the state. However, if the job were offered to the resident from out of state(who would then migrate to Boston to take the job), there ... impact from the university on the state in this case. This approach doesnot make sense, since in either case the economic impact on the state and, thus, the size of the state's ... state's economy, is the same. After all, the source of the impactis the new job (an expansion of the economic base), not the university's contri-bution to the local skill base.Investment...