The Longwood Medical and Academic Area’s Economic Contributions to Boston and Massachusetts April 2021 The Longwood Medical and Academic Area’s Economic Contributions to Boston and Massachusetts Prepared by the UMass Donahue Institute’s Economic & Public Policy Research Group Project Leader Rod Motamedi, M.B.A., Senior Research Manager Project Staff Thomas Peake, Senior Research Analyst Elif Cakir, M.S., Research Analyst Unit Director Mark Melnik, Ph.D., Director of Economic & Public Policy Research The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute was established in 1971 to connect its clients with the resources of the University, bridging theory and innovation with real world public and private sector applications. For more information visit www.donahue.umass.edu. The Institute’s Economic & Public Policy Research (EPPR) group is a leading provider of applied research, helping clients make more informed decisions about strategic economic and public policy issues. 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Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. iv Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 Profile of the LMA ............................................................................................................... 3 Employment ........................................................................................................................ 6 Research, Innovation, and NIH Funding ........................................................................... 11 Patients ............................................................................................................................. 15 Students ............................................................................................................................ 18 Longwood Medical Area Daily Visits ................................................................................. 21 Transportation .................................................................................................................. 22 Economic Contributions .................................................................................................... 24 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 28 Appendix 1: Economic Modeling Methodological Notes ................................................. 30 Employment ...................................................................................................................... 30 Payroll ............................................................................................................................... 30 Non-Payroll Expenditures ................................................................................................. 30 Appendix 2: List of MASCO Members ............................................................................... 32 Appendix 3: Regional Presence of LMA Institutions ......................................................... 33 Appendix 4: List of Interviewees ....................................................................................... 34 i List of Tables Table 1: MASCO Member Institutions .......................................................................................................... 3 Table 2: Employment Numbers by Industry and Share in the Region .......................................................... 9 Table 3: Summary Inputs to REMI Model ................................................................................................... 24 Table 4: Summary Results by Region .......................................................................................................... 25 Table 5: Employment Impacts by Source .................................................................................................... 26 Table 6: Employment Impacts by Top Ten Industries ................................................................................. 27 Table 7: Inputs to REMI Model ................................................................................................................... 31 Table 8: List of MASCO Member Institutions .............................................................................................. 32 Table 9: List of Interviewees ....................................................................................................................... 34 ii List of Figures Figure 1: Map of Longwood Medical Area .................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Employees and Volunteers in the LMA by Institution Type in 2019 .............................................. 7 Figure 3: LMA Employment Growth from 2008 to 2019 .............................................................................. 8 Figure 4: Share of LMA Employment by Institution Type, 2008-2019 .......................................................... 9 Figure 5: LMA Employment by ZIP Code ..................................................................................................... 10 Figure 6: LMA’s Share of State NIH Funding and Institutions Receiving Awards ....................................... 12 Figure 7: Total Patients and Change over Time in LMA .............................................................................. 16 Figure 8: LMA Patient Visits by ZIP Code .................................................................................................... 17 Figure 9: Changes in LMA Student Populations (2008-2019) ..................................................................... 19 Figure 10: Share of MASCO Students’ Origins ............................................................................................ 20 Figure 11: LMA Daily Visit Growth from 2008 to 2019 ............................................................................... 21 Figure 12: Worker Inflow/Outflow Map for the LMA ................................................................................. 22 Figure 13: Map of Regional Locations of LMA Institutions ......................................................................... 33 iii Executive Summary The reputation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a global innovator has long been anchored to its higher education and healthcare institutions. Located in the City of Boston, the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) is a 213-acre innovation hub that is home to 22 prominent institutions, including three Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals, three Harvard graduate schools, and sixteen other colleges, universities, cultural institutions, and medical centers. Rapid growth in such a small area led to the creation of a non-profit now known as MASCO to serve as the convening organization for the institutions in the LMA and to address their shared challenges, such as land use, transportation, and congestion. Today, MASCO serves as the preeminent organization planning and advocating for people who need to access the LMA, while also providing some of the transportation services necessary for them to move into and around the LMA safely and efficiently. MASCO also creates ways for LMA institutions to collaborate around shared development and access goals and provides other shared services. The LMA has one of the highest The LMA institutions employ nearly 68,000 concentrations of jobs in the City of Boston workers and volunteers and educate 27,000 and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Together, LMA institutions employ nearly students. 68,000 workers, including researchers, These totals are the highest in LMA history. educators, clinicians, administrators, and Over ten years, total employment increased volunteers and educate 27,000 students. by nearly 30%, or nearly 15,000 jobs. These totals are the highest in LMA history, LMA doubled the state’s growth rate during with total employment increasing by nearly 30%, or nearly 15,000 jobs, in only 10 the same time. years. This is double the state’s growth rate during the same period. More than 120,000 people move in and out of the LMA every day, more than the entire population of the City of Cambridge. More than 2.8 million patients seek care in the LMA every year, home to some of the most respected hospitals in the world, more than four times the population of Boston. Every 10 jobs in the LMA support 12 other jobs elsewhere in Massachusetts. LMA employees reside in every county and legislative district in Massachusetts. If the LMA were its own state, it would rank in the top 10 nationally in NIH awards and funding, just after Texas, even though it is only 0.0001% of its size. iv 64% of students graduating from LMA schools stay in Massachusetts, compared