SUZANNE M. O’KEEFE, Ph.D

California State University, Sacramento

Department of Economics

6000 J Street

Sacramento, CA 95819-6082

(916)278-6838

sokeefe@csus.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

      University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1999

            Ph.D., Economics, 1999

Fields of Concentration:  Public Finance, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Dissertation Title:  “The Migration of California’s Welfare Population”

 

      University of California, Davis, 1990-1994                

            B.A. in Economics, with Highest Honors, 1994

            B.S. in Human Development, with Highest Honors, 1994            

                                                                                   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

      FACULTY POSITIONS:

               2007-present     Associate Professor of Economics, California State University, Sacramento

               2001-2007         Assistant Professor of Economics, California State University, Sacramento  

1999-2001         Full Time Faculty Lecturer, School of Policy, Planning, and Development,

                        University of Southern California, Sacramento Center

                                       Graduate courses taught:  Public Sector Economics, Public Policy Formulation and

                                                                              Implementation, Urban Economics

 

               1997                 Instructor, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

 

               1995-1998         Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

 

      RESEARCH CONTRACTS:

            Fall 2001           The CSUS Forecast of the Sacramento Region, advisor to the California Institute for County Government.

 

            Summer 2001    Survey of California’s Working Latinos and Health Insurance:  New Facts and Policy Challenges, University of Southern California and California HealthCare Foundation, with Howard Greenwald and Mark DiCamillo.

 

               Summer 2000    Analysis of the Effectiveness of California’s Enterprise Zones, California Research Bureau, California State Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

“Why Employed Latinos Lack Health Insurance:  A Study in California” (with Howard Greenwald and Mark DiCamillo) Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 4, November 2005.

 

“The Importance of Public Sector Health Care in an Underserved Population” (with Howard Greenwald and Mark DiCamillo),  Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Summer-Fall 2004, 27, ½, pp. 142-157.

 

“Job Creation in California’s Enterprise Zones:  A Comparison Using a Propensity Score Matching Model,” Journal of Urban Economics, January 2004, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 131-150.

 

“Locational Choice of AFDC Recipients Within California:  A Conditional Logit Analysis,” Journal of Public Economics, 2004, Vol. 88, pp. 1521-1542.

 

“Evaluation of California’s Enterprise Zones.”  California Research Bureau, August 2001, with Roger Dunstan.

 

“The Effect of Cost of Living and Employment Opportunities on the Redistribution of California’s Population,” Regional Futures Compendium, Capital Region Institute and Valley Vision, May 2001.

 

PAPERS

 

“How Migratory Incentives Shape the Composition of California’s Population” working paper.

 

“How Much Will a Living Wage Help Working Poor Families?” coauthored with Stephen Perez, working paper.

 

“Why Latino Children are Underserved by Healthy Families and Medi-Cal”, co-authored with Howard Greenwald, working paper. 

 

“The Effect of Local Conditions on Welfare Dependence of Migrants” working paper.

 

            “Do Regional Variations in Cost of Living Create Welfare Magnets?” working paper.

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

“No on Measure K” spokesperson at the League of Women Voters forum at the community chambers in Davis. October 6, 2006.

 

“Measuring Success in Our High Schools” panel moderator at the Center for California Studies 18th Annual Envisioning California Conference, September 22, 2006.

 

“Overview of the California Economy” presented to the California Commission for Economic Development, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante.  September 13, 2006.

 

Testified before the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy regarding Enterprise Zones.  Feburary 28, 2006.

 

Presented a Regional Economic Overview at “What’s Next? 2005 Economic Forecast & Business Insights,” for the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation Conference.  December 1, 2005.

 

Presented Regional Workforce Study highlights to the Board of Directors and the Employer Outreach Committee of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA).  November 15, 2005 and November 30, 2005.

 

 “How Migratory Incentives Shape the Composition of California’s Population” presented to the Sacramento Economic Roundtable, August 17, 2005.

 

“How Migratory Incentives Shape the Composition of California’s Population” presented at the Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, July 8, 2005.

 

“Regional Employment Forecast” presented to Women in Transition, the Capital, Bay Area, and Northern Districts of Business and Professional Women on February 21, 2004.

 

“Job Creation in California’s Enterprise Zones” presented at the Federal Reserve Sustainable Community Development Conference, Washington DC, March 28, 2003.

 

“Economic Forecast for Greater Sacramento and How It Will Affect You” presented to the Sacramento Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, January 16, 2003.

 

“A Living Wage for Sacramento:  Assessing Benefits and Costs” presented to the Sacramento City Council, January 9, 2003.

 

“Benefits and Costs of a Living Wage” presented to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Annual Government Affairs Conference, San Francisco, November 21, 2002.

 

“Job Creation in California’s Enterprise Zones” presented to the West Sacramento City Council and the California Association of Enterprise Zones, January and March, 2002.

 

“Health Insurance Coverage of California’s Working Latinos” presented at University of Southern California conference California’s Working Latinos and Health Insurance:  New Facts and Policy Challenges, October 5, 2001.

 

“Locational Choice of AFDC Recipients Within California” presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) conference, Seattle, WA, November 2000.

 

“Linking Performance Measures to Policy.”  Presented at the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Conference, Sacramento, CA, March 2000.

 

AWARDS

 

            2003     CSUS Research and Creative Activities summer fellowship

            2003     Field Faculty Fellowship

            1997     Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award,

                        University of California, Berkeley

1994          Phi Beta Kappa

1993     Regents Scholar

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

Referee for:

            Journal of Urban Economics

            Regional Science and Urban Economics

            Growth and Change

            Journal of Urban Affairs

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

            American Economics Association

            International House Davis, Vice President, Board of Directors, 2004-2006