Alex Bartik is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Research Affiliate at the University of Chicago, Inclusive Economy Lab. His research interests include labor economics, public finance, and applied econometrics. 

He received his PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2017. Before coming to MIT, he did policy  research at the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and managed randomized controlled trials at Innovations for Poverty Action. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and graduated from Kalamazoo Loy Norrix and the Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center in 2004 and Yale College in 2008. 

He lives in Illinois with his wife, 10-year old daughter (who is a very good singer, loves softball, and - most importantly - thinks he’s a cool dad), and his 7-month old son who enjoys climbing places he’s not supposed to climb and grabbing his family members’ hair.