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2016
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Timothy J. Bartik is affiliated with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on economics, econometrics, and finance, with a significant body of work that intersects social sciences and related subfields such as sociology and political science, education, gender studies, and media technology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies

Bartik has published extensively across several notable venues with the most frequent being:

  • Employment Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Economic Development Quarterly
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Recent publications from the year 2020 demonstrate a concentration on labor markets, local economic development policies, and responses to economic challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic. Representative papers include:

  • Using Place-Based Jobs Policies to Help Distressed Communities (2020) - The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Introduction to Special Issue: Learning More About Incentives (2020) - Economic Development Quarterly
  • SMART PLACE-BASED POLICIES CAN IMPROVE LOCAL LABOR MARKETS (2020) - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Coronavirus and the Economy: Repurposing Production, Helping the Needy, Saving Businesses, and Encouraging Job Preservation (2020) - Employment Research
  • TARGETING JOBS TOWARD THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM (2020) - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Brad J. Hershbein
  • Michelle Miller-Adams
  • Brian Pittelko
  • Bridget F. Timmeney
  • Marta Lachowska

The collective work reflects interdisciplinary engagement with complex social and economic issues through an empirical lens that combines regional development, labor economics, and policy analysis. Their contributions extend to several fields emphasizing both theoretical frameworks and practical applications in economic development and labor market strategies.

Best Publications

  • Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Business Location Decisions in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Unionization, Taxes, and Other Characteristics of States

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • The Estimation of Demand Parameters in Hedonic Price Models

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Small Business Start-Ups in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Characteristics of States

    Timothy Bartik

  • Small Business Start-ups in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Characteristics of States

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Business Location in the United States

    Timothy Bartik

  • The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Business Location in the United States

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Who Benefits from Local Job Growth: Migrants or the Original Residents?

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Urban Amenities and Public Policy

    Timothy J. Bartik;V. Kerry Smith

  • Solving the Problems of Economic Development Incentives

    Timothy Bartik

  • Evaluating the Benefits of Non-marginal Reductions in Pollution Using Information on Defensive Expenditures

    Timothy Bartik

  • Evaluating the Benefits of Non-marginal Reductions in Pollution Using Information on Defensive Expenditures

    Timothy J Bartik

  • Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Demand Policies Help?

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Solving the Problems of Economic Development Incentives

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • The Effects of State and Local Taxes on Economic Development: A Review of Recent Research

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Local Economic Development Policies

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies on Local Economic Outcomes: What has been done and what is doable?

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Jobs, Productivity, and Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have for the Role of Government?

    Timothy Bartik

  • Jobs, Productivity, and Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have for the Role of Government?

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Measuring the Benefits of Amenity Improvements in Hedonic Price Models

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Business Location Decisions in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Unionization, Taxes, and Other Characteristics of States

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  • The Market Failure Approach to Regional Economic Development Policy

    Timothy Bartik

  • The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion

    Timothy J. Bartik;Brad J. Hershbein;Marta Lachowska

  • Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States

    Timothy J. Bartik

  • Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads

    Timothy J. Bartik;Randall W. Eberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Wachter
Susan M. Wachter University of Pennsylvania
V. Kerry Smith
V. Kerry Smith Arizona State University
J.S. Butler
J.S. Butler University of Kentucky
David Neumark
David Neumark University of California, Irvine

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