Timothy J. Bartik (born March 26, 1954) is an American economist who specializes in regional economics, public finance, urban economics, labor economics, and labor demand policies. He is a senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research 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...
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Timothy J. Bartik (born March 26, 1954) is an American economist who specializes in regional economics, public finance, urban economics, labor economics, and labor demand policies. He is a senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research 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...