Dr. Bartik is responsible for developing and conducting research on state and local economic development and local labor markets. He is currently researching alternative policies for increasing labor demand for the urban poor. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982 and was Assistant Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University prior to joining the Institute in 1989. At this year’s Outlook Conference, he presented “What Should Michigan Be Doing to Promote Long-Run Economic Development?”