Timothy J. Bartik, Senior Economist 
 
Working Papers

  • Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan, Timothy J. Bartik (WP04-106), 2004.
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  • Incentive Solutions, Timothy J. Bartik (WP04-99), 2004.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled “Solving the Problems of Economic Development Incentives” appears in Growth and Change, 36(2), Spring 2005.

  • Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik (WP03-96), 2003.
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  • Local Economic Development Policies, Timothy J. Bartik (WP03-91), 2003.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published as "Economic Development" in J.Richard Aronson and Eli Schwartz, eds., Management Policies in Local Government Finance (5th ed.). Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, 2004, pp. 355-390.

  • Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies On Local Economic Outcomes: What Has Been Done and What is Doable?, Timothy J. Bartik (WP03-89), 2003.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Assess What Works among Programmes and Policies. Paris: OECD, 2004, pp. 113-141.

  • Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik (WP02-78), 2002.
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  • Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements, Timothy J. Bartik (WP02-76), 2002.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in Urban Affairs Review, Vol. 40, No. 2 (November 2004), pp. 269-299.

  • Solving the Many Problems with Inner City Jobs, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00-66), 2000.
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  • The Role of Public Policy in Skills Development of Black Workers in the 21st Century, Timothy J. Bartik and Kevin Hollenbeck (WP00-64), 2000.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in Cecilia Conrad, ed. Building Skills for Black Workers: Preparing for the Future Labor Market, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Dallas: University Press of America, 2004, pp. 127-148.

  • Group Wage Curves, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00-63), 2000.
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    NOTE: Partial results from this paper are incorporated into Appendix 9 of Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Demand Policies Help?, by Timothy J. Bartik. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.

  • Aggregate Effects in Local Labor Markets of Supply and Demand Shocks, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00099-057), 1999.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published as "Spillover Effects of Welfare Reforms in State Labor Markets" in Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 42, No. 4 (November 2002), pp. 667-701.

  • Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads, Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts (WP00099-054), 1999.
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  • The Labor Supply Effects of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00098-053), 1998.
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  • Short-Term Employment Persistence for Welfare Recipients: The "Effects" of Wages, Industry, Occupation and Firm Size, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00097-046), 1997.
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  • Using Performance Indicators to Improve the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00095-036), 1995.
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  • Economic Development Strategies, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00095-033), 1995.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published as "Strategies for Economic Development" in J.R. Aronson and E. Schwartz, eds., Management Policies in Local Government Finance(4th ed.). Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, 1996, pp. 287-312.

  • Can Economic Development Programs Be Evaluated?, Timothy J. Bartik and Richard D. Bingham (WP00095-029), 1995.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in R. Bingham and R. Mier, eds., Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development: Issues in Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997, pp. 246-277.

  • What Should the Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00094-025), 1994.
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  • The Effects of Local Labor Demand on Individual Labor Market Outcomes for Different Demographic Groups and the Poor, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00093-023), 1993.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published as "The Distributional Effects of Local Labor Demand and Industrial Mix: Estimates Using Panel Data" in Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 40, No. 2 (September 1996), pp. 150-178.

  • Federal Policy Towards State and Local Economic Development in the 1990s, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00093-017), 1993.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in R. Ebel and R. Norton, eds. Reserach in Urban Economics (Volume 9): Structuring Direct Aid: People versus Places. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993, pp. 161-178.

  • The Effects of Metropolitan Job Growth on the Size Distribution of Family Income, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00091-006), 1991.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 34, No. 4 (November 1994), pp. 483-502.

  • Maximum Score Estimates of the Determinants of Residential Mobility: Implications for the Value of Residential Attachment and Neighborhood Amenities, Timothy J. Bartik, J.S. Butler and Jin Tan Liu (WP00090-001), 1990.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (September 1992), pp. 233-256.

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