Francisca Pérez
Assistant Professor · Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
I am a macroeconomist working primarily on labor economics. My research studies how households, workers, and firms adjust their behavior in response to constraints related to technology, labor market regulation, care responsibilities, and social norms. I am interested in understanding how these forces shape time allocation, occupational choices, and labor demand. I use rich microdata and a combination of causal inference and structural methods.
Working Papers
The Effects of Expert Feedback on the Performance and Survival of Entrepreneurial Ventures, with Rodrigo Wagner
Regulating Flexible Labor Contracts: Substitution and Allocative Efficiency, with Alejandro Micco
The Cost of Following Traditional Gender Norms: Evidence from a Paid Leave for Seriously Ill Children, with Valentina Paredes and Francisco Pino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16762. Slides.
The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Automation: Evidence from the U.S. Labor Market, with Montserrat Martí and Alejandro Micco
Scaling up the Measurement of Body Images in Advertising: Continuous Monitoring of Gaps, with Marcelo Orellana and Rodrigo Wagner
Publications
Sleep Hours Fall as Income Rises: Macro and Micro Evidence on Sleep Inequality Around the World, with Cristián Jara and Rodrigo Wagner
Economics & Human Biology. 2025.
Do Firm-Level Shocks Generate Aggregate Fluctuations? A Cross-Country Analysis, with Shuheng Lin
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. 2025.
Compliance Measurement and Labor Regulation Enforcement: A Randomized Field Experiment, with Rolando Campusano and Rodrigo Wagner
Applied Economics. 2025.
Work in Progress
Wage or Employment Losses? A Closer Look at Earnings Losses of Job Displacement, with Sebastián Freed and Alejandro Micco
Policy Papers and Other Writing
Reporte Centro de Futuros Empresariales-UAI, March 2026.
Diversidad como estrategia: la transformación laboral de la gran minería chilena en la última década
Doble Click Económico: Más que una columna. Icare-UAI, March 2026.
Estancamiento de la participación laboral femenina y la trampa de la flexibilidad
Doble Click Económico: Más que una columna. Icare-UAI, March 2025.
Media
La reforma pendiente y las lecciones de la gran minería
Ex-Ante, June 2026.
Derribando mitos sobre las cuotas de género
Diario El Mercurio, August 2025.
Diario La Segunda, April 2024.
Ley Sanna: un cambio apresurado
Diario La Segunda, September 2023.
Teletrabajo: ¿una modalidad de trabajo o de cuidado?
Diario El Pulso, August 2023.
Bono y brechas: ¿Cómo alcanzar la meta?
Diario El Pulso, July 2023.
Cuando una hora es más que una hora
Diario La Tercera, August 2019.
Cuarta revolución industrial: más que una amenaza, un desafío
Diario El Mercurio, July 2019.
El desafío de la reinserción social
Diario La Segunda, November 2018.
La revolución empieza por casa
Diario La Segunda, July 2018.
Avances y desafíos en la inclusión laboral
Diario El Pulso, March 2018.