Publications

Papers

Green, D., Melzer, B. T., Parker, J. A., & Rojas, A. (2020). Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12(4), 178–211. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20170122

Hubener, E., Rojas, A., & Tseng, N. (2018). Tradeoffs in the expenditure patterns of families with children. Beyond the Numbers: Prices & Spending (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), 7(11). https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-7/tradeoffs-in-the-expenditure-patterns-of-families-with-children.htm

Foster, A.C., Rojas, A. (2018). Program participation and spending patterns of families receiving government means-tested assistance. Monthly Labor Review (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). https://doi.org/10.21916/mlr.2018.3

Presentations

Tan, L., Rojas, A. (2019). Exploring the Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Construct R-indicators. American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference. https://www.bls.gov/cex/research_papers/pdf/rojas-r-indicators-aapor-presentation.pdf

Paulin, G., Rojas, A., Taylor, W. (2018). Expenditures with Policy Implications: Results from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys on Housing, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gambling. American Council on Consumer Interests. https://www.consumerinterests.org/assets/docs/CIA/CIA2018/Paulin%281%29CIA2018.pdf

Gillman, D., Hubener, E., Noel, R., Rigg, B., Rojas, A., Tan, L., Wilson, T. (2017). Documenting the Consumer Expenditure Surveys with DDI and Colectica – An Update. North American Data Documentation Initiative. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.556223

Gillman, D., Hubener, E., Noel, R., Rigg, B., Rojas, A., Tan, L., Wilson, T. (2017). A Complex Use Case - Documenting the Consumer Expenditure Survey at BLS. North American Data Documentation Initiative. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.556223