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Research interests
Topics of research interest include achievement gap, opportunity gap, and educational disparities.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Interest Keywords
- achievement gap
- educational disparities
- opportunity gap
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A natural experiment evaluating the effect of a minimum wage increase on obesity and diet-related outcome
Pratt, R. J., Harnack, L. J., Myers, S. L. & Wolfson, J.
8/23/20 → 3/31/23
Project: Research project
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Historic Disinvestment in Minority Non-Profits: The Community Impacts of Covid-19 and George Floyd
Thomson Reuters Healthcare Inc.
7/1/20 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Evaluation of the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program in Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
12/1/19 → 11/30/22
Project: Research project
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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
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Racial Differences in Time at Work Not Working
Darity, W. A., Hamilton, D., Myers, S. L., Price, G. N. & Xu, M., May 2022, In: ILR Review. 75, 3, p. 552-572 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determinants of Racial Disparities in Female Incarceration Rates, 2000–2018
Myers, S. L., Sabol, W. J. & Xu, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of Black Political Economy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction to the Issue
Powell, J. A., Myers, S. L. & Gooden, S. T., Jan 1 2021, In: RSF. 7, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The determinants of racial disparities in obesity: Baseline evidence from a natural experiment
Durfee, T., Myers, S. L., Wolfson, J., Demarco, M., Harnak, L. & Caspi, C. E., Dec 15 2021, In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 50, 3, p. 533-558 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bringing Research on Race and Crime Into the 21st Century: Reflections From Over the Years
Myers, S. L., Dec 2 2020, In: Review of Black Political Economy. 48, 1, p. 123-127 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Press / Media
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Economics Journals Faulted for Neglecting Studies on Race and Discrimination
7/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
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Minneapolis had progressive policies, but its economy still left black families behind
Samuel L Myers & Myron W Orfield
6/30/20
1 item of Media coverage
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The only way to truly solve the race problem in America is to narrow the wealth gap, black economists say
6/19/20
1 item of Media coverage
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"The Minnesota Paradox": How statistics hide the state's racial disparities
6/5/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview