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Elizabeth E. Davis is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on labor economics and public policy related to welfare reform and low-income families, child care, job mobility and rural labor market issues. Current and recent research projects include studies of employment outcomes and earnings of parents receiving child care subsidies, dynamics of child care subsidy program participation, and the impact of competition on wages and job turnover in the retail food industry. Past research projects include a USDA-funded study of the impact of local labor market conditions on disadvantaged workers and analysis of the impact of the economy on welfare caseloads. As an affiliate of the Food Industry Center, Dr. Davis’ research has focused on job satisfaction and human resource practices in supermarkets.

Professor Davis majored in economics and environmental studies at Bowdoin College and received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1988. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, she worked at Oregon State University and, prior to that, at Abt Associates (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Dr. Davis joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1999.