Education
Bartik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University (magna cum laude) in 1975 and Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982.
Bartik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University (magna cum laude) in 1975 and Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982.
He is a senior economist at the West.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 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.
See Bartik (1991).
Prior to joining the Upjohn Institute in 1989, Bartik was assistant professor of economics at Vanderbilt University (1982–1989), and legislative assistant for housing and urban policy for United States. Senator Donald West. Riegle Junior. (1975–1978). 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. activities (since 2008) National Advisory Board, Center on Local, State, and Urban Affairs, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (since 2003) affiliate, Rural Poverty Center, University of Missouri and Oregon State University (since 2001) affiliate, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan (since 2001) Company-editor, Economic Development Quarterly (2000—2008) School Board, Kalamazoo Public Schools (served as president 2005—2006) (since 1998) Editorial Board, Growth and Change (since 1992) Editorial Board, Regional Science Review (since 1991) Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Regional Science (since 1991) Editorial Board, Journal of Regional Studies.