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How Effects Of Local Labor Demand Shocks Vary With The Initial Local Unemployment Rate, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

Poverty, Jobs, And Subsidized Employment, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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The Job Creation Tax Credit: Dismal Projections For Employment Call For A Quick, Efficient, And Effective Response, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop

Timothy J. Bartik

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Introduction And Overview, Timothy Bartik, Susan Houseman

Timothy J. Bartik

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The U.S. Economic Crisis And A Revised New Jobs Tax Credit, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

An efficacious economic stimulus to help the U.S. economy recover from its current recession is the revival of the New Jobs Tax Credit. Unlike the original credit utilized by the federal government in 1977– 1978, the new version should be a refundable credit but at a lower current dollar value. My 2001 book, Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Demand Policies Help? proposed a permanent version f the New Jobs Tax Credit that would be automatically triggered when the unemployment rate is high. My estimates, updated to 2008, suggest that such a revised credit might increase aggregate U.S. employment by …

A Proposal For Early Impact, Persistent, And Cost-Effective Job Creation Policies, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Not All Job Creation Tax Credits Are Created Equal, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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A Future Of Good Jobs? America's Challenge In The Global Economy, Timothy J. Bartik, Susan N. Houseman

Timothy J. Bartik

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Spillover Effects Of Welfare Reforms In State Labor Markets, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Estimating The Costs Per Job Created Of Employer Subsidy Programs, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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How Effects Of Local Labor Demand Shocks Vary With Local Labor Market Conditions, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

This paper estimates how effects of shocks to local labor demand on local labor market outcomes vary with initial local economic conditions. The data are on U.S. metro areas from 1979 to 2011. The paper finds that demand shocks to local job growth have greater effects in reducing local unemployment rates if the local economy is initially depressed than if the local economy is booming. Demand shocks have greater effects on local wage rates if the local unemployment rate is initially low, but lesser effects if local job growth is initially high. These different effects of local demand shocks imply …

What Should Michigan Be Doing To Promote Long-Run Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

This paper argues that Michigan can take cost-effective actions to significantly improve the primary state economic development goal: higher per capita income of Michigan's residents. Higher per capita income of Michigan's residents can be achieved through state policy actions that use cost-effective means to either lower the marginal costs of businesses that expand in the state, or boost the skills of state residents. In this paper, I offer eight ideas for how to lower marginal business costs and boost skills. Four of these ideas focus on lowering marginal business costs. Four other ideas focus on boosting skills. For each of …

Subsidizing Increased Employment For The Urban Poor: What Labor Market Problems Might Justify It?, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Measuring Manufacturing: How The Computer And Semiconductor Industries Affect The Numbers And Perceptions, Susan N. Houseman, Timothy J. Bartik, Timothy J. Sturgeon

Timothy J. Bartik

Growth in U.S. manufacturing’s real value-added has exceeded that of aggregate GDP, except during recessions, leading many to conclude that the sector is healthy and that the 30 percent decline in manufacturing employment since 2000 is largely the consequence of automation. The robust growth in real manufacturing GDP, however, is driven by one industry segment: computers and electronic products. In most of manufacturing, real GDP growth has been weak or negative and productivity growth modest. The extraordinary real GDP growth in computer-related industries reflects prices for computers and semiconductors that, when adjusted for product quality improvements, are falling rapidly. Productivity …

Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Long-Run Implications Of Employment At Different Wage Rates For The Disadvantaged, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Adding Labor Demand Incentives To Encourage Employment For The Disadvantaged, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Economic Development And Black Economic Success, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Question - What Can Be Done To Promote Inner City Development?: Answer - Focus On Labor Demand Policies To Increase Employment Of The Poor, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Solving The Many Problems With Inner City Jobs, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

Inner-city business development is often proposed as a solution to inner-city poverty. However, research evidence suggests that creating new jobs in the inner city is unlikely by itself to significantly increase the employment or earnings of the inner city poor. Public subsidies for inner city business development may be justified by greater environmental, congestion, and fiscal benefits of inner city vs. suburban business location decisions. The research evidence suggests that some boost in inner city business development may be provided by a combination of economic development incentives with enhanced public services. A different set of policies must be used to …

Generating Jobs: How To Increase Demand For Less-Skilled Workers, Richard B. Freeman, And Peter Gottschalk, Eds., Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Fighting Poverty With Labor Demand Policies, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Aggregate Effects In Local Labor Markets Of Supply And Demand Shocks, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

Anti-poverty policy in the U.S. has emphasized labor supply policies, such as welfare reform or job training. Anti-poverty policy in the U.S. has not emphasized policies to increase labor demand for the poor, such as public employment or subsidizing private employers to hire the poor. What are the aggregate effects of such policies on wages and unemployment of different groups? This paper estimates and simulates a model with several types of labor, using data from the Current Population Survey on state labor markets. The simulations suggest that forcing more disadvantaged persons into the labor market can displace many other persons …

Complementing Recovery Policies With A Jobs Creation Tax Credit, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop

Timothy J. Bartik

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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

Timothy J. Bartik

The contribution of this paper is to use panel data on individuals (specifically, data from the Panel Survey on Income Dynamics) to examine how local demand conditions affect the economic well-being of disadvantaged groups and the poor. Previous research on local labor demand conditions uses data from a single cross-section of local economies, or a time-series of cross-sections of regions. With such data, estimated effects of local labor demand conditions on average labor market outcomes might be attributable to changes in local population composition, as we would expect local demand conditions to change in- and out-migration patterns. Because panel data …

The Distributional Effects Of Local Labor Demand And Industrial Mix: Estimates Using Individual Panel Data, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Employment As A "Solution" To Welfare: Challenges Over The Next Ten Years, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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The New Jobs Tax Credit: A Tested Way To Fight High Unemployment, Timothy J. Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Measuring Manufacturing : How The Computer And Semiconductor Industries Affect The Numbers And Perceptions, Susan Houseman, Timothy Bartik, Timothy Sturgeon

Timothy J. Bartik

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A Future Of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge In The Global Economy, Timothy Bartik, Susan Houseman

Timothy J. Bartik

Can the U.S. economy generate healthy growth of “good” jobs—jobs that will ensure a steady improvement in the standard of living for the middle class and that will offer a way out of poverty for low-income Americans? In this book, leading policy analysts examine the challenges facing current U.S. labor market policy and propose concrete steps to make American workers and employers more competitive in a global economy.