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Samuel L Myers, Jr

1978 …2023
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Research interests

Topics of research interest include achievement gap, opportunity gap, and educational disparities.

Research interests

  • achievement gap
  • educational disparities
  • opportunity gap

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offense Social Sciences
minority Social Sciences
economics Social Sciences
equity Social Sciences
penalty Social Sciences
political economy Social Sciences
imprisonment Social Sciences
discrimination Social Sciences

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Projects 2005 2023

Executive Leadership Institute 2019

Myers, S. L.

NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMIN.

7/15/19 → 4/30/20

Project: Research project

State Report of Minority-Owned Businesses in Minnesota for Metropolitan Economic Development Association

Myers, S. L.

METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOC.

5/26/19 → 5/31/20

Project: Research project

Economic development
Minorities

A natural experiment evaluating the effect of a minimum wage increase on obesity and diet-related outcome

Caspi, C. E., Harnack, L. J., Myers, S. L., Nanney, S. & Wolfson, J.

NIH Natl Inst of Diabetes/Dig/Kidney Dis

4/1/18 → 3/31/23

Project: Research project

Minimum wage
Diet
Natural experiment
Obesity

Wilkins Community Fellows and Advanced Methods Workshops

Myers, S. L.

THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

1/1/18 → 5/31/20

Project: Research project

Education

Racial Equity Summit for Ramsey County Leadership

Myers, S. L.

RAMSEY COUNTY

7/18/19 → 9/30/19

Project: Research project

equity
leadership

Research Output 1978 2019

Introduction to the Special Edition of the Review of Black Political Economy on Revisiting the Kerner Commission Report

Gooden, S. T. & Myers, S. L., Dec 1 2019, In : Review of Black Political Economy. 46, 4, p. 255-258 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

edition
political economy
protest
staff
cause
1 Citation (Scopus)

The economic benefits of reducing racial disparities in health: The case of Minnesota

Nanney, M. S., Myers, S. L., Xu, M., Kent, K., Durfee, T. & Allen, M. L., Mar 1 2019, In : International journal of environmental research and public health. 16, 5, 742.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Economics
Health
Vital Statistics
Mortality
Economic Inflation

Race Neutrality: Rationalizing Remedies to Racial Inequality

Myers, S. L. & Ha, I., 2018, Rowman & Littlefield.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

neutrality
remedies
minority
affirmative action
group membership
1 Citation (Scopus)

Racial and ethnic disproportionality in foster care

Myers, S. L., Sabol, W. J., Xu, M. & Vega, D. V., Jan 1 2018, Handbook of Foster Youth. Taylor and Francis, p. 335-361 27 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF MARRIAGEABLE MALES ON FEMALE FAMILY HEADSHIP

Craigie, T. A., Myers, S. L. & Darity, W. A., Sep 1 2018, In : Journal of Demographic Economics. 84, 3, p. 231-256 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

incidence
welfare
incentive
poverty
supply