PUBLICATIONS
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Mixed-Methods Study to Understand Public Use of Social Security's Online Platform (with Lila Rabinovich). Social Security Bulletin, Vol 83, No 3, 2023
Three Little Words? The Impact of Social Security Terminology (with Lila Rabinovich, Joanne Yoong, Laith Alattar). , Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747222000269
Can Educational Interventions Reduce Susceptibility to Financial Fraud? (with Jeremy Burke, Christine Kieffer and Gary Mottola). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 198, pp.250-266.
COVID-19 vaccines and mental distress (with Angrisani, M., Bennett, D., Darling, J., Kapteyn, A. and Thomas, K.). PloS one, 2021. 16(9), p.e0256406.
Tracking the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of American Households (with Kapteyn, A., Angrisani, M., Bennett, D., de Bruin, W. B., Darling, J., Gutsche, T., ... & Weerman, B), Survey Research Methods (Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 179-186).
The Decline in the US Labor Force Participation Rate: A Literature Review (with Maria Prados). Journal of Economic Surveys. 2020 Aug 20.
The potential impact of policies to reduce Social Security funding shortfalls on consumers' expected benefits and behavior (with Lila Rabinovich, and Joanne Yoong). Journal of Pension Economics & Finance. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747219000234
The effect of informational prompts about survivor benefits for spouses on Social Security claim intentions (with Lila Rabinovich, Anya Samek and Joanne Yoong). Journal of Pension Economics & Finance. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747219000283
Moving to Safety and Staying in School: The Effects of Violence on Enrollment Decisions in Mexico (with Fernanda Márquez-Padilla and Carlos Rodriguez-Castelán) Review of Development Economics. 2019; 23: 1624-1658. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12625
Improving understanding of the retirement earnings test (with Lila Rabinovich). Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 2019. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747219000222
Education, Decision-Making, and Economic Rationality (with James Banks and Leandro Carvalho). Review of Economics and Statistics. 2019.101(3) 428-441. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00785
Soft versus Hard Commitments: A Test on Savings Behaviors (with Burke, Jeremy, and Jill Luoto). Journal of Consumer Affairs. November 2017. https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12170
Consumption Smoothing and Frequency of Benefit Payments of Cash Transfer Programs (with Emma Aguila and Arie Kapteyn). American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, 2017. 107(5), 430-435.2017 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171147
The effect of education on time preferences. Economics of Education Review. Vol. 56 (2), 52-64. February 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.11.004
Costs of Extending the Non-contributory Pension Program for Elderly: The Mexican Case (with Emma Aguila, Nelly Mejia , Edgar Ramirez & Alfonso Rivera Illingworth, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2016.1545-0821
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2016.1158384. also in Spanish as: “Programas de Pensiones No Contributivas y su Viabilidad Financiera: El Caso de México. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2013. http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR999.
Darolia R, Koedel C, Martorell P, Wilson K, Perez-Arce F. Race and gender effects on employer interest in job applicants: new evidence from a resume field experiment. Applied economics letters. 2016 August; 23(12):853-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1114571
Do Employers Prefer Workers Who Attend For-Profit Colleges? Evidence from a Field Experiment (with Darolia, Rajeev, Cory Koedel, Paco Martorell and Katie Wilson). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 34(4): 881-903. Fall 2015.
Is A Dream Deferred a Dream Denied? College Enrollment and Time-Varying Opportunity Cost. Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 33, No. 1, 33-61. January 2015. https://doi.org/10.1086/677390
Pobreza y Vulnerabilidad en México: El caso de los Jóvenes que no Estudian ni Trabajan, (with Aguila, Emma, Nelly Mejia, Francisco Perez-Arce and Alfonso Rivera), Estudios Económicos (2015). 30(1), 3-49.
The Impact of Labor Market Regulation On Employment In Low Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis (with Nataraj, Shanthi, Krishna B. Kumar, and Sinduja V. Srinivasan) Journal of Economic Surveys (2013). 28:551-572. 22.
*Also in: Bulletin of Economics and Meta-Analysis, 2012. http://www.hendrix.edu/maer-network/default.aspx?id=15206
El Efecto de los Salarios Mínimos en los Ingresos Laborales de México - The Impact of Minimum Wages on Labor Income in Mexico (with David S. Kaplan). El Trimestre Económico, 73, no. 1 (2006) 139-173
Nota sobre la relación entre la volatilidad en el crecimiento y la legalidad -On the relationship between law enforcement and growth volatility (with Carlos Léver Guzmán). Gaceta de Economía, 20 (2005)
Peer Reviewed Research Reports.
Longitudinal Changes in Financial Well-Being, Financial Behaviors, and Life Events (with Jeremy Burke). CFPB Research Brief, 2020
Karoly, Lynn and Francisco Perez-Arce. “A Cost-Benefit Framework for Analyzing the Economic and Fiscal Impacts of State-Level Immigration Policies”. Santa Monica, CA. RAND Corporation, 2016. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1397
Perez-Arce, Francisco, Ernesto Amaral, Crystal Huang and Carter Price “Inequality and Opportunity. The Relationship Between Income Inequality and Intergenerational Transmission of Income: Trends, Mechanisms and Implications for Policy”.
Shatz, Howard J., Louay Constant, Francisco Perez-Arce, Eric Robinson, Robin Beckman, Haijing Huang, Peter Glick and Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar. Improving the Mongolian Labor Market and Enhancing Opportunities for Youth. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1092. Also available in print form.
Abramzon, Shmuel, Nicholas Burger, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Peter Glick, Krishna B. Kumar, Francisco Perez-Arce and Alexandria Smith. Capacity Building at the Kurdistan Region Statistics Office Through Data Collection. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2014. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR293. Also available in print form.
Perez-Arce, Francisco, Louay Constant, David S. Loughran and Lynn A. Karoly. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2012. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1193. Also available in print form
Perez-Arce, Francisco, Louay Constant, David S. Loughran and Lynn A. Karoly. Meeting the Challenge: The Economic Return on Investment in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2012. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9641.
Burger, Nicholas, Noreen Clancy, Yashodhara Rana, Rena Rudavsky, Aimee E. Curtright, Francisco Perez-Arce and Joanne K. Yoong. Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2013. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1250.