ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates some of the local and regional economic development impacts associated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). It examines the expenditure impacts associated with the university. These relate to the income, output and employment impacts related to the university. In contrast to other studies, these impacts are examined from a welfare perspective. The chapter looks at the knowledge-based impacts generated by the university. This is an area that has received scant attention in the literature and is more problematic to estimate. The chapter attempts to measure the future earnings of a cohort of BGU graduates locally over the life cycle of their employment careers. This provides an indication of the contribution that they make to the local economy as a result of their education at BGU. This contribution will of course multiply itself many times over when considering all the graduating cohorts over a longer time period, such as a decade.
