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About timbartik

Tim Bartik is a senior economist at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a non-profit and non-partisan research organization in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His research specializes in state and local economic development policies and local labor markets.

Why early childhood programs are economic development

On the face of it, labeling early childhood programs as “economic development” seems crazy. We see “economic development” in newspaper headlines about a manufacturing plant or corporate headquarters or major research facility that received large tax credits from a state … Continue reading

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