Symposium preview: Dr. Bartik to discuss what really grows economies
At our Fall Policy Symposium next week, Dr. Timothy Bartik of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, will discuss what state and local governments can really do to grow their economies.
Dr. Bartik’s work focuses on state and local economic development and local labor markets, including research evaluating economic development programs, how investment in early childhood programs affects local economies, the benefits of higher education institutions for local economic development and alternative policies for increasing labor demand.
In this Ted Talk from 2012, Dr. Bartik says a powerful way states can help grow their economies is to increase their investment in early childhood education, noting that research shows states can see a nearly three-to-one return on every dollar invested in early childhood education.
“Early childhood education can bring more and better jobs to a state and can thereby promote higher per capita earning for the state’s residents,” Bartik said.
Furthermore, in his 2011 book, Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development, Dr. Bartik argues that early childhood programs can be a cost-effective complement to business tax incentives in promoting local economic development
Some seats still remain for our Fall Policy Symposium so register today to hear more from Dr. Bartik and about other important policy issues that face our state!