Publications & Reports
Caspi, C., Gombi-Vaca, M., Wolfson, J., Harnack, L., De Marco, M., Pratt, R., Durfee, T., Myers, S. (2023). Early Results of a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effects of a Local Minimum Wage Policy on the Diet-Related Health of Low-Wage Workers, 2018-2020. Public Health Nutrition, 1-29. doi:10.1017/S1368980023001520.
Durfee, T.; Myers, S.L. Jr.; Wolfson, J.; DeMarco, M; Harnak, L.; Caspi, C. “The Determinants of Racial Disparities in Obesity: Baseline Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 2021 (50) 3
McGuire, C., Gollust, S.; DeMarco, M.; Durfee, T.; Wolfson, J.; Caspi, C. “Equity at the Ballot Box: Health as a Resource for Political Participation Among Low Income Workers in Two United States Cities.” Frontiers in Political Science 2021 (22) 1.
Caspi, C.; De Marco, M.; Durfee, T.; Oyengua, A.; Chapman, L.; Wolfson, J.; Myers Jr., S.; Harnack, L. “A Difference in Difference Study Evaluating the Effect of Minimum Wage Policy on Body Mass Index and Related Health Behaviors.” Observational Studies 2021(7) 1.
Nanney, M.S.; Myers, S.L., Jr.; Xu, M.; Kent, K.; Durfee, T.; Allen, M.L. “The Economic Benefits of Reducing Racial Disparities in Health: The Case of Minnesota.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019 (16) 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050742
Citizens League Report: “Saint Paul Minimum Wage Study Committee Phase 2 (Technical Draft)”, August 2018. https://citizensleague.org/projects/minimum-wage/
Citizens League Report: “Gathering Community Input on a Possible Minimum Wage Increase in St Paul: Scoping Project,” February 2018. https://citizensleague.org/projects/minimum-wage/
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Center for Prevention Report: “The Economic Case for Health Equity in Minnesota.” https://www.healthdisparities.umn.edu/policy/hepi
Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice. “Evaluation of a Minimum Wage Increase in Minneapolis and Hennepin/Ramsey County,” September 2016. http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@clerk/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-187333.pdf
Working Papers
▪ The Double Bottom Line and Sales (public economics and corporate governance)
▪ The Economic Effects of the Subminimum Wage (labor economics)
▪ The Effect of Household Labor on Employment Matching (labor economics)
▪ Racial Differences in Time at Work Not Working (Under review at ILRR) ; Coauthors William Darity Jr, Darrick Hamilton, Samuel Myers Jr, Gregory Price, and Man Xu