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Working Papers

2022

1. Teachers’ Knowledge and Preparedness for Retirement: Results from a Nationally Representative Teacher Survey
   Working Papers, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, Saint Louis University
2. Understanding how COVID-19 has Changed Teachers’ Chances of Remaining in the Classroom
   Working Papers, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, Saint Louis University View citations (1)

2021

3. Teachers’ Willingness to Pay for Retirement Benefits: A National Stated Preferences Experiment
   Working Papers, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, Saint Louis University
   See also Journal Article Teachers’ willingness to pay for retirement benefits: A national stated preferences experiment, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
4. Understanding Performance in Test Taking: The Role of Question Difficulty Order
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article Understanding performance in test taking: The role of question difficulty order, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2020

5. Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2020) View citations (3)
   CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
6. Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools
   Working Papers, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, Saint Louis University
   See also Journal Article Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools, Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press (2023) (2023)

2017

7. Alternative Measures of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Alternative measures of non-cognitive skills and their effect on retirement preparation and financial capability, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press (2021) (2021)

2016

8. Retirement and Cognitive Functioning: International Evidence
   Cahiers de recherche, Chaire de recherche Industrielle Alliance sur les enjeux économiques des changements démographiques

2015

9. Does Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach
   CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO View citations (6)
   Also in Cahiers de recherche, Chaire de recherche Industrielle Alliance sur les enjeux économiques des changements démographiques (2014) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2014) View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
10. FINANCE FOR ALL: THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING IN COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SPAIN
    Working Papers, Banco de España View citations (18)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (15)

2014

11. Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (36)
    Also in Working Papers, Banco de España (2013) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Retirement patterns of couples in Europe, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer (2014) View citations (37) (2014)

2013

12. Does Retirement Induced through Social Security Pension Eligibility Influence Subjective Well-being? A Cross-Country Comparison
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (7)

2012

13. Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study Employment and Retirement Measures
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (2)
14. Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (3)

2011

15. Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions The Role of Grannies
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Family labor participation and child care decisions: the role of grannies, SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2010

16. What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision Making, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (138) (2012)

2009

17. Teacher Effectiveness in Urban High Schools
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (1)
18. Teacher Qualifications and Middle School Student Achievement
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (13)

2008

19. Retirement Effects on Health in Europe
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Retirement effects on health in Europe, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (285) (2011)
20. Teacher Quality, Teacher Licensure Tests, and Student Achievement
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (9)

2006

21. Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions
    Working Papers, CEMFI View citations (5)
    Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (2006)
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2006) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Accounting for heterogeneous returns in sequential schooling decisions, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (3) (2010)

2002

22. Research in economics in Spain: rankings of institutions and authors
    UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía

2000

23. Rankings de investigación en economía en España: instituciones y autores (1990-1999)
    DE - Documentos de Trabajo. Economía. DE, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
    Also in Working Papers, FEDEA

Journal Articles

2024

1. The role of student effort on performance in PISA: revisiting the gender gap in achievement
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76, (2), 533-560 View citations (3)

2023

2. Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2023, 41, (4), 1328-1340 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
3. Teachers’ willingness to pay for retirement benefits: A national stated preferences experiment
   Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Teachers’ Willingness to Pay for Retirement Benefits: A National Stated Preferences Experiment, Working Papers (2021) (2021)
4. Testing, Teacher Turnover, and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools
   Education Finance and Policy, 2023, 18, (4), 654-675
   See also Working Paper Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools, Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2022

5. Gender gaps in math performance, perceived mathematical ability and college STEM education: the role of parental occupation
   Education Economics, 2022, 30, (2), 113-128 View citations (5)
6. Understanding performance in test taking: The role of question difficulty order
   Economics of Education Review, 2022, 90, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Performance in Test Taking: The Role of Question Difficulty Order, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

7. Alternative measures of non-cognitive skills and their effect on retirement preparation and financial capability
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021, 20, (4), 532-546
   See also Working Paper Alternative Measures of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability, Working Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
8. Comparing Performance of Methods to Deal With Differential Attrition in Randomized Experimental Evaluations
   Evaluation Review, 2021, 45, (1-2), 70-104 View citations (1)
9. Gender differences in couples’ division of childcare, work and mental health during COVID-19
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, (1), 11-40 View citations (120)
10. Unbanked status and use of alternative financial services among minority populations
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021, 20, (4), 468-481 View citations (4)

2020

11. Family labor participation and child care decisions: the role of grannies
    SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2020, 11, (3), 287-312 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions The Role of Grannies, Working Papers (2011) View citations (16) (2011)
12. Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in an Internet Panel
    Sociological Methods & Research, 2020, 49, (3), 672-698
13. Validation of survey effort measures of grit and self-control in a sample of high school students
    PLOS ONE, 2020, 15, (7), 1-16

2019

14. When Students Don’t Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Student Effort
    Journal of Human Capital, 2019, 13, (4), 519 - 552 View citations (12)

2018

15. Comparing and validating measures of non-cognitive traits: Performance task measures and self-reports from a nationally representative internet panel
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2018, 72, (C), 51-60 View citations (13)
16. Measuring teacher non-cognitive skills and its impact on students: Insight from the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, (C), 251-260 View citations (5)
17. The intergenerational transmission of noncognitive skills and their effect on education and employment outcomes
    Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, (2), 521-560 View citations (7)

2016

18. DOES FINANCIAL LITERACY CONTRIBUTE TO FOOD SECURITY?
    International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2016, 04, (01), 19 View citations (9)

2015

19. Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, 123, (3), 625-660 View citations (31)
20. Erratum to: Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, 124, (1), 317-317 View citations (6)

2014

21. Decisiones de jubilación interdependientes
    Boletín Económico, 2014, (APR), 75-81
22. Retirement patterns of couples in Europe
    IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3, (1), 1-18 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (36) (2014)

2012

23. Closing schools in a shrinking district: Do student outcomes depend on which schools are closed?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 71, (2), 189-203 View citations (43)
24. What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision Making
    Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2012, 46, (1), 90-106 View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making, Working Papers (2010) View citations (16) (2010)

2011

25. Retirement effects on health in Europe
    Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (1), 77-86 View citations (285)
    See also Working Paper Retirement Effects on Health in Europe, Working Papers (2008) View citations (26) (2008)

2010

26. Accounting for heterogeneous returns in sequential schooling decisions
    Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156, (2), 260-276 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions, Working Papers (2006) View citations (5) (2006)

2009

27. Teacher qualifications and student achievement in urban elementary schools
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 66, (2), 103-115 View citations (40)

2003

28. Publishing performance in economics: Spanish rankings (1990-1999)
    Spanish Economic Review, 2003, 5, (4), 317-317 View citations (15)

Chapters

2015

1. Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach
   A chapter in Insights in the Economics of Aging, 2015, pp 339-372 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Does Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach, CIRANO (2015) View citations (6) (2015)