PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Also in: Bulletin of Economics and Meta-Analysis, 2012.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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