Published Papers 

1. “The Skill-specific Automatability of Workers and Retirement Decisions.” Work, Aging and Retirement, waad008, April 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waad008 

Coverage: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2022).

2. "Retirement of Formal and Informal Sector Workers in Mexico: The Role of Health and Economic Security ." with Emma Aguila and Rebeca Wong, Salud Publica de Mexico, 65: 434-445. https://doi.org/10.21149/15178 Full article can be found here

3. "Trust in Financial Institutions and Demand for Financial Advice." with Joelle Fong. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 34-1. March 2023. https://doi.org/10.1891/JFCP-2021-0054  Full article can be found here

4. “Returning to Work: The Role of Soft Skills and Automatability on Unretirement Decisions.”  Journal of Economics of Ageing. June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100381  

Coverage: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2022).

5. "Migration, Work, and Retirement: The Case of Mexican-Origin Populations.” with Emma Aguila and Rebeca Wong. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 1–21. Sept 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747221000342 

6. "Unequal Gains from Remote Work across Spouses: Evidence from Singapore." with Poh Lin Tan, Jie-Sheng Tan-Soo. PLoS One 20(5): e0324113. May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324113   

7. “Work and Retirement of Older Blacks and Hispanics.” with Emma Aguila. Available as University of Michigan MRDRC Working Paper: https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp452.pdf. 2026 (forthcoming in American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings) 

8. “Age Differences in Attitudes toward Immigrants.”  with Joelle Fong. Applied Economics, 1-19. Feb 2026.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2026.2624035   Full article can be found here,   

9. "Employers’ Hiring Preferences and Older Workers’ Employability: Insights from Singapore." with H.F. Foong, X. Chen, J. Fong, , and L.L. Thang.  International Journal of Manpower 1-26. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-02-2025-0151 Full article can be found here.