Francisca M. Antman

Research Fellow

University of Colorado, Boulder

francisca.antman@colorado.edu

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Research Interests

Francisca Antman is Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado Boulder, faculty affiliate in the Population Program at the CU Population Center, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2007, M.A. from Stanford in 2005, and B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 2001. She is a development and labor economist with special interests in international migration and human capital investments as well as the allocation of resources within households and families. Other recent projects explore the construction of race and ethnic identity as well as economic development in historical perspective. Her work has appeared in many top academic journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of Human Resources, and her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17829

The Long-Run Impacts of Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Groups in Economics

Francisca M. Antman, Sheng Qu, Bruce A. Weinberg, Trevon D. Logan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17408

Incorporating Changes in Race, Gender, and Academic Field at Colleges and Universities - A Comment on 'The Ebbing Tide: How Will Higher Education Adapt to Demographic Change?'

Francisca M. Antman

forthcoming in: John Y. Campbell and Kaye Husbands Fealing (eds.), Financing Institutions of Higher Education, University of Chicago Press for NBER.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17195

Ethnic Identity and Anti-immigrant Sentiment: Evidence from Proposition 187

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

forthcoming in: Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark Loewenstein (eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century, University of Chicago Press, 2026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17169

The Long-Run Impacts of Banning Affirmative Action in US Higher Education

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan, Michael F. Lovenheim

published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2024, 40 (3), 607–628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17164

When Beer Is Safer than Water: Beer Availability and Mortality from Waterborne Illnesses

Francisca M. Antman, James Flynn

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171, 103343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16980

Half Empty and Half Full? Women in Economics and the Rise in Gender-Related Research

Francisca M. Antman, Kirk Doran, Xuechao Qian, Bruce A. Weinberg

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 226-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16979

Demographic Diversity and Economic Research: Fields of Specialization and Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality

Francisca M. Antman, Kirk Doran, Xuechao Qian, Bruce A. Weinberg

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 528-534

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16974

Examining the Long-Run Impacts of Racial Terror with Data on Historical Lynchings of Mexicans in Texas

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 215–220

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15861

American Indian Casinos and Native American Self-Identification

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (6), 2547 - 2585

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15802

Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market: Patterns over Time and across Generations

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023, 37 (1), 169–198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15019

The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

Francisca M. Antman, Kalena E. Cortes

published in: Journal of Economic Literature American, 2023, 61 (3), 888–905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15016

For Want of a Cup: The Rise of Tea in England and the Impact of Water Quality on Mortality

Francisca M. Antman

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105 (6), 1352–1365.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14815

Multi-Dimensional Identities of the Hispanic Population in the United States

Francisca M. Antman

published in: Advancing Anti-racist Economic Research and Policy, Perspectives and Resources on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute, 2022.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14646

De Facto Immigration Enforcement, ICE Raid Awareness, and Worker Engagement

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francisca M. Antman

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60 (1), 373 - 391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14144

Gender Norm Conflict and Marital Outcomes

Francisca M. Antman, Priti Kalsi, Soohyung Lee

published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87 (4), 537 - 560

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12952

Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33 (4), 1499-1522

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12615

Incentives to Identify: A Comment

Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

shorter version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (4), 742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11282

Women and Migration

Francisca M. Antman

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy, New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, 731-747

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10145

Can Authorization Reduce Poverty among Undocumented Immigrants? Evidence from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francisca M. Antman

published in: Economics Letters, 2016, 147:1-4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10144

Schooling and Labor Market Effects of Temporary Authorization: Evidence from DACA

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francisca M. Antman

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30(1): 339-73