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Higher Education, The Health Care Industry, And Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can "Eds & Meds" Do For The Economic Fortunes Of A Metro Area's Residents?, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
Higher Education, The Health Care Industry, And Metropolitan Regional Economic Development: What Can "Eds & Meds" Do For The Economic Fortunes Of A Metro Area's Residents?, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper examines the effects of expansions in higher educational institutions and the medical service industry on the economic development of a metropolitan area. This examination pulls together previous research and provides some new empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of the magnitude of economic effects of higher education and medical service industries that occur through the mechanism of providing some export-base demand stimulus to a metropolitan economy. We also provide quantitative evidence on how much higher education institutions can boost a metropolitan economy through increasing the educational attainment of local residence. We estimate that medical service industries pay above …
The Effects Of Metropolitan Job Growth On The Size Distribution Of Family Income, Timothy J. Bartik
The Effects Of Metropolitan Job Growth On The Size Distribution Of Family Income, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual Current Population Survey data on the income distribution in different metropolitan areas from 1979 through 1988. Faster metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for the average family. Metropolitan job growth also increases the value of property owned by upper income quintiles, but property value effects are not large enough to offset the progressive effects of growth on labor income. Simulations indicate that economic development programs to increase metropolitan job growth will …
The Future Of State And Local Economic Development Policy: What Research Is Needed, Timothy Bartik
The Future Of State And Local Economic Development Policy: What Research Is Needed, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Discussion [Of The Effects Of State And Local Public Services On Economic Development By Ronald C. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Discussion [Of The Effects Of State And Local Public Services On Economic Development By Ronald C. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Federal Policy Towards State And Local Economic Development In The 1990s, Timothy J. Bartik
Federal Policy Towards State And Local Economic Development In The 1990s, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper suggests new federal policies towards state and local economic development assistance to business. I argue that there is some evidence that these programs can be effective in encouraging business growth and helping the unemployed. But state and local governments do not have the right incentives to adequately pursue national goals through economic development programs. State and local governments are not inclined to do quality evaluations of their programs and tend to favor business attraction programs over programs that might increase U.S. business productivity. In addition, it is unclear whether economic development efforts are most vigorously pursued by economically …
Economic Development Strategies, Timothy J. Bartik
Economic Development Strategies, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper provides a guide to economic development policies for local government managers. Local economic development policies today include not only tax subsidies for branch plants, but also job training to provide workers to businesses, advice and support services for potential entrepreneurs, and extension services to help businesses modernize and export. To help local government managers, this paper suggests a number of guiding principles, including: local economic development should be pursued cooperatively across the local labor market; economic development programs should consider the quality of jobs created; tax subsidies are expensive per job created; development subsidies are more effective if …
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
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, Jin-Tan Liu
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, Jin-Tan Liu
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper examines the determinants of the decision of low-income renters to move out of their current dwelling. Maximum score estimation is shown to be superior to ordinary discrete choice estimation techniques (probit, logit) for this problem, and for similar discrete choices that require revering a previously optimal decision. The estimation reveals psychological costs from moving for typical low income renters of at least 8% of their income ; these costs are even higher for older, longer tenure, or minority households. Policies that displace low income renters will have large social costs. In addition, the estimation results are used to …
The Perplexing Literature On Growth And Change, Timothy Bartik, Thomas Boehm, Alan Schlottmann
The Perplexing Literature On Growth And Change, Timothy Bartik, Thomas Boehm, Alan Schlottmann
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
What Should The Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik
What Should The Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
The federal government should focus its policies towards economic development on areas in which the federal government has some unique advantages. Federal policy should: (1) discourage financial subsidies to specific large firms by state and local governments; (2) expand the federal role in economic development services in which national action has some special advantages, such as developing information on foreign markets, encouraging large national banks to be more involved in economic development, supporting the development of the "Information Superhighway," and encouraging new technology development; (3) provide modest support for state and local efforts to increase business productivity through technology extension …
Saturn And State Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Charles Becker, Steve Lake, John Bush
Saturn And State Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Charles Becker, Steve Lake, John Bush
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
"Eds & Meds" And Metropolitan Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
"Eds & Meds" And Metropolitan Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Local Economic Development Policies, Timothy J. Bartik
Local Economic Development Policies, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This chapter seeks to provide useful advice for local government policy towards economic development programs. The chapter: reviews the size and scope of local economic development programs in the United States; critically analyzes the various rationales offered for these programs; makes recommendations for what local policy should do about business attraction and incentives, business retention, new business development, high technology development, brownfield development, distressed neighborhoods, and downtowns; and discusses how local economic development programs should be organized, managed, and evaluated.
Better Evaluation Is Needed For Economic Development Programs To Thrive, Timothy Bartik
Better Evaluation Is Needed For Economic Development Programs To Thrive, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Eight Issues For Policy Toward Economic Development Incentives, Timothy Bartik
Eight Issues For Policy Toward Economic Development Incentives, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Economic Development And Black Economic Success, Timothy J. Bartik
Economic Development And Black Economic Success, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Revitalization Of Older Industrial Cities: A Review Essay Of Retooling For Growth, Timothy Bartik
The Revitalization Of Older Industrial Cities: A Review Essay Of Retooling For Growth, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Can Economic Development Programs Be Evaluated?, Timothy J. Bartik, Richard D. Bingham
Can Economic Development Programs Be Evaluated?, Timothy J. Bartik, Richard D. Bingham
Timothy J. Bartik
The question addressed in this paper seems simple: Can economic development programs be evaluated? But the answer is not simple because of the nature of evaluation. To determine a program's effectiveness requires a sophisticated evaluation because it requires the evaluator to distinguish changes due to the program from changes due to nonprogram factors. The evaluator must focus on the outcomes caused by the program rather than the program's procedures. Evaluations can be divided into two categories--process or formative evaluations and outcome, impact, or summative evaluations. Process evaluations focus on how a program is delivered. Impact evaluations focus on the program's …
Forum [Discussion Of "Product Development Corporations And State Economic Development: The Importance Of R & D Spillovers" By Peter S. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Forum [Discussion Of "Product Development Corporations And State Economic Development: The Importance Of R & D Spillovers" By Peter S. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.