Timothy J. Bartik (born March 26, 1954) is an American economist who specializes in regional economics,

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, labor economics, and labor demand policies. He is a senior economist at the

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. He developed a method of isolating local labor demand changes that is referred to as the Bartik instrument. This measure averages national employment growth across industries using local industry employment shares as weights to produce a measure of local labor demand that is unrelated to changes in local labor supply. This is a key tool in macroeconomic analysis.

Biography

Bartik earned a B.A. degree from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

(magna cum laude) in 1975 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the

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in 1982. Prior to joining the Upjohn Institute in 1989, Bartik was assistant professor of economics at

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(1982–1989), and legislative assistant for housing and urban policy for U.S. Senator

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Jr. (1975–1978). Bartik is also the son of groundbreaking computer programmer

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Research

Bartik's research includes work in the following areas: * wage subsidies and public service jobs to promote job creation * state and local economic development policy * early childhood programs as a means of economic development. Bartik is also the creator of th
"Panel Data on Incentives and Taxes database"
a free online tool that offers the most comprehensive information available to date on incentives to business for economic development provided by state and local governments in the United States. Accompanying the database is a report (and detailed appendices)"A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States"
W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2017 that explains how the database is constructed while offering preliminary analyses that begin to answer questions about how incentives vary.

Publications

Books

''Making Sense of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity''
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2019. .
''From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education''
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014. .
in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development''
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011. .
Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy''
(co-edited with Susan N. Houseman). Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008. .
for the Poor: Can Labor Demand Policy Help?''
New York:

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, Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001. .
Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies?''
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1991. .

Other

Bartik has contributed over 30 chapters to various books, published over 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as ''Growth & Change'', ''

Economic Development Quarterly ''Economic Development Quarterly'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of economics. The journal's editors-in-chief are Larry C. Ledebur (Cleveland State University), Timothy J. Bartik (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research ...

'', ''Journal of Regional Science'', ''Journal of Urban Economics'', and ''Challenge''. He has also authored numerou
working papers
reports, and presentations and delivered testimony to several legislative bodies.

Other activities

* (2008— ) National Advisory Board, Center on Local, State, and Urban Affairs,

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* (2003— ) Research affiliate, Rural Poverty Research Center,

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and

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* (2001— ) Research affiliate
National Poverty Center
University of Michigan * (2001— ) Co-editor, ''Economic Development Quarterly'' * (2000–2008) School Board,

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(served as president 2005–2006) * (1998— ) Editorial Board, ''Growth and Change'' * (1992— ) Editorial Board, ''Regional Science Review'' * (1991— ) Board of Associate Editors, ''

Journal of Regional Science The Journal of Regional Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. Proceeded in the field of Regional Science only by ''Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association'' (now ''Papers in Regional Scienc ...

'' * (1991— ) Editorial Board, ''Journal of Regional Studies''

References

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