{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mprados\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:01:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mprados\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\"Maria<\/p>\n

I am an Economist at the University of Southern California’s Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR). I am a member of the USC Center for the Changing Family and I teach Health Economics at the USC Economics Department.<\/p>\n

My research focuses on health and labor economics, and household dynamics.<\/p>\n

I received my PhD in Economics from Columbia University. I was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and a RCMAR Scholar for the Minority Aging Health Economics Research Center at USC.<\/p>\n

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Association of Place With Adolescent Obesity\u00a0<\/a>(with A. Datar,\u00a0N.\u00a0<\/span>Nicosia, A.\u00a0<\/span>Mahler, and M.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ghosh-Dastidar),\u00a0JAMA Pediatr<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a02023.<\/p>\n

Impact of Built, Social, and Economic Environments on Adolescent Obesity and Related Health Behaviors<\/a>\u00a0(with Ashlesha Datar and Nancy Nicosia),\u00a0Obesity<\/strong>\u00a0(Silver Spring)<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>2023<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>31<\/span>(\u00a0<\/span>4<\/span>):\u00a0<\/span>1085<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>1094<\/span>. Press:\u00a0The Obesity Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Do Sheriff-Coroners Underreport\u00a0Officer-Involved Homicides?<\/a>\u00a0(Prados, Baker, Beck, Burghart, Johnson, Klinger, Thomas, Finch),\u00a0Academic Forensic Pathology<\/strong>, 2022.<\/p>\n

Projecting the Long-Term Societal Value of a Disease-Modifying Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States<\/a>\u00a0(with Ying Liu, Hankyung Jun, Jenny Lam, and Soeren Mattke),\u00a0Alzheimer’s & Dementia<\/strong>, 2022.
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Gender Differences in Couples\u2019 Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health During COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0(with Gema Zamarro),\u00a0Review of Economics of the Household<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>2021.\u00a0 <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11150-020-09534-7
\n[<\/a>Evidence Base blogpost<\/a>]\u00a0Press and media:<\/em>\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/a>,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>,\u00a0New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0KTLA<\/a>,\u00a0NBC<\/a>, NBCLA interview, CBS News,\u00a0Daily News<\/a>,\u00a0USA Today<\/a>,\u00a0The Brookings Institution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Decline in the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate: A Literature Review<\/a>\u00a0(with Francisco P\u00e9rez-Arce),\u00a0Journal of Economic Surveys<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>2020.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/joes.12402<\/a><\/p>\n

Quantifying the Life-cycle Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program<\/a>\u00a0(with Jorge L. Garcia, James J. Heckman and Duncan Leaf),\u00a0Journal of Political<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0Economy<\/strong>,<\/i>\u00a0128(7), 2020
\n[NBER WP<\/a>] [VoxEU column<\/a>]\u00a0Press:\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0The Washington Post 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02<\/a>,\u00a0NPR<\/a>,\u00a0The Atlantic<\/a>,\u00a0Dallas News<\/a>,\u00a0The Seattle Times<\/a>,\u00a0Christian Science Monitor<\/a>,\u00a0The Florida Times-Union<\/a><\/p>\n

Gender and Dynamic Agency: Theory and Evidence on the Compensation of Top Executives<\/a> (with Stefania Albanesi and Claudia Olivetti), Research in Labor Economics,<\/i><\/strong>\u00a042:1-60, 2015
\n[VoxEU column]<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Press:\u00a0Bloomberg Business<\/a>,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>,\u00a0Slate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Economic and Retirement Security\u00a0(with Jeremy Burke)\u00a0MRDRC WP 2022-447<\/a><\/p>\n

The Slowing of Women’s Labor Force Participation: The Role of Rising Income Inequality\u00a0(with Stefania Albanesi)\u00a0NBER WP\u00a029675<\/a>\u00a0CEPR WP DP16920<\/a>
\nPress:\u00a0Reuters<\/a>,\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The National Law Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Security Around the World: The Experiences of China, Mexico and India (with Francisco P\u00e9rez-Arce, Erik Meijer and Jinkook Lee)\u00a0MRDRC WP 2021-439\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Expansion of the Totalization Program Using Simplified Agreements to Eliminate Dual Taxation (with Dongwook Kim)\u00a0MRDRC WP 2021-431<\/a><\/p>\n

A Framework for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Totalization Agreements\u00a0(with\u00a0Erik Meijer and Francisco Perez-Arce)\u00a0MRDRC WP 2020-410<\/a><\/p>\n

Macroeconomic Effects of Social Security Totalization Agreements\u00a0(with Erik Meijer and\u00a0Francisco P\u00e9rez-Arce)\u00a0MRDRC WP 2019-407<\/a>
\nSocial Security Expansions in Developing Countries: The cases of China and Mexico\u00a0(with Francisco P\u00e9rez-Arce and Erik Meijer)\u00a0MRRC WP 2018-395<\/a><\/p>\n

Subjective Expectations and Optimal Retirement Savings<\/a>\u00a0(with Arie Kapteyn),\u00a0MRDRC WP 2019-405<\/a>
\nPress:\u00a0Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0Forbes interview<\/a>,\u00a0PBS Next Avenue<\/a>,\u00a0ASPPA<\/a>, InfoTrak (podcast) [Squared Away Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Health and Earnings Inequality over the Life Cycle: The Redistributive Potential of Health Policies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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“COVID-19 Pandemic and the Developmental Screening Outcomes of Infants and Toddlers in a Home Visitation Program.” (with Dorian Traube)<\/p>\n

“Estimated effects of onset of dementia on labor market outcomes” (with Soeren Mattke and Carlos Acosta)<\/p>\n

“School Reopenings, Childcare and Labor Outcomes during COVD-19” (with Gema Zamarro)<\/p>\n

“Medium-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender gaps in parental mental health”<\/p>\n

“Education as a Health Disparities Intervention” (with Julie Zissimopoulos and Dana Goldman)<\/p>\n

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