Publications

Perceptions of Human Service Organization Leaders to Raising the Minimum Wage. Tillman, Huerta, Shook, Williams, & Engel. (2022). The Tropman Report, 20-27.

Do wage increases help? Wage increases and material hardships among low-wage hospital workers. Woo, Shook, Goodkind, Ballentine, Engel, Kim, & Petracchi. (2022). Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1-14.

Material Hardships, Perceived Stress, and Health among Low-Wage Hospital Workers. Woo, Ballentine, Shook, Engel, & Goodkind. (2022). Health and Social Work, 47(1).

Moving Beyond Poverty: Effects of Low-Wage Work on Individual, Social, and Family Well-Being – Jeffrey Shook, Sara Goodkind, Rafael Engel, Sandra Wexler, & Kess L. Ballentine. (2020). Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Services [Special Issue], 101(3), 249-259.

The Hardships of Living on Low Wages: “It is Truly a Struggle to Survive” – Sandra Wexler, Rafael J. Engel, Helen E. Petracchi, Elizabeth Steiner. (2020). Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Services [Special Issue], 101(3), 275-288.

From Scarcity to Investment: The Range of Strategies Used by Low-income Parents. Ballentine, K.L., Goodkind, & S., Shook, J. (2020). Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Services [Special Issue], 101(3), 260-274.

“We’re not the Enemy and We’re not Asking for the World”: Low-wage Hospital Service Workers’ Advocacy for Fair Wages – Sandra Wexler, Rafael J. Engel, Tal Laufer, & Elizabeth Steiner. (2020). Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XLVII, 123-148. 

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