Tim Bartik
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You might ask: WHY do distressed areas tend to stay distressed? Because lack of jobs leads to lower job skills and social problems; out-migration is selective and removes some younger,
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This program highlights the potential of work-sharing to help reduce unemployment, with a great explanation of some of the potential from my @UpjohnInstitute colleague Sue Houseman.https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1264696428770754561 Thi
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This is a great article by Dan O'Brien on some of the problems with promoting economic development in the Rust Belt. I would push the reporter and others looking at
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Very good @nytopinion by @MattAFiedler on need for state aid:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/opinion/coronavirus-states-budgets.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage As he outlines, state budgets will be under pressure from this
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Just-released: my proposal for fed aid to state/local govts that will be timely, responsive to national economic conditions, & targeted where need is greatest:https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/proposal-timely-responsive-federal-aid-state
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