Previous work
Previous work
This page shows a selection of research products grouped by topic area. Cross-cutting projects are repeated.
Robert Santillano, Peter Mannino, and Pauline Sow (2024). Does GAIN increase the self-sufficiency of CalWORKs families in Los Angeles? Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA. (link)
Robert Santillano, Brian Blackwell, ad Till von Wachter (2024). Evaluation of a service-enhancement homelessness-prevention program for Welfare-to-Work participants in Los Angeles County. Open Science Foundation Preregistration. (embargoed through June 2025).
Robert Santillano, Maya Buenaventura, Brian Blackwell, Janey Rountree, and Molly Moran (2021). Predicting Family Homelessness for Prevention in Los Angeles. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA.
Robert Santillano, Stephanie Potochnick, and Jade Jenkins. (2020) "Do immigration raids deter Head Start enrollment?" American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 110, 419-423. (link)
Spiro Maroulis, Robert Santillano, Huriya Jabbar, and Doug Harris. (2019) "The push and pull of school performance: Evidence from student mobility in New Orleans." American Journal of Education, 125(3), pp. 345-380. (link)
Robert Santillano, Jon Valant, and Douglas Harris (2016). Student performance labels: Salience and response. Presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy.
Eric Isenberg, Jeffrey Max, Philip Gleason, Liz Potamites, Robert Santillano, Heinrich Hock, and Michael Hansen (2013). Access to Effective Teaching for Disadvantaged Students. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. (link)
Robert Santillano (2009). Avoiding immigrant students in public schools: Evidence from North Carolina." Unpublished dissertation chapter.
Robert Santillano (2009). Are English learners a burden? Peer-effects of limited-English students. Unpublished dissertation chapter.
Robert Fairlie, Heinrich Hock, Irma Perez-Johnson, and Robert Santillano (in progress). "Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship training and financial capital."
Jesse Rothstein, Robert Santillano, Till von Wachter, Mary Yang, and Wahid Khan (2022). CAAL-Skills: Study of Workforce Training Programs in California. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab. (link)
Associated policy brief link.
Robert Santillano and Carl Romer (2022). Older workers and federal workforce support: need and participation through the pandemic. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA.
Robert Santillano, Irma Perez-Johnson, and Quinn Moore. (2020) "Experimenting with caseworker direction: Evidence from voucher-funded job training." Journal of Human Resources, 55(2), pp. 539-565. (link)
Quinn Moore, Irma Perez-Johnson, and Robert Santillano. (2018) "Decomposing differences in impacts on survey- and administrative-measured earnings from a job-training voucher experiment." Evaluation Review, 42(5-6), pp. 515-549. (link)
Robert Santillano, Peter Schochet, Linda Rosenberg, April Wu, and Mary Cunningham (2019). The National Evaluation of the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program: Design Report. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation Office. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research.
Heinrich Hock, Mary Anne Anderson, and Robert Santillano (2018). Supporting self-employment as a reemployment strategy: Impacts of a pilot program for Dislocated Workers after 18 months. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. (link)
Irma Perez-Johnson, Quinn Moore, and Robert Santillano (2011). Improving the effectiveness of Individual Training Accounts: Long-term findings from an experimental evaluation of three service delivery models. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research (link)
Juan Pedroza, Stephanie Potochnick, and Robert Santillano. (2025) "The 2016 presidential election and public donations to migrant-serving legal-aid organizations." International Migration Review. (link)
Robert Santillano, Stephanie Potochnick, and Jade Jenkins. (2020) "Do immigration raids deter Head Start enrollment?" American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 110, 419-423. (link)
Sarah Bohn and Robert Santillano. (2017) "Local immigration enforcement and local economies." Industrial Relations, 56(2), pp. 236-262. (link)
Robert Santillano (2009). Avoiding immigrant students in public schools: Evidence from North Carolina." Unpublished dissertation chapter.
Robert Santillano (2009). Are English learners a burden? Peer-effects of limited-English students. Unpublished dissertation chapter.
Brian Blackwell, Colin Caprara, Janey Rountree, Robert Santillano, Dana Vanderford, and Claire Battis (2024). The Homelessness Prevention Unit: A Proactive Approach to Preventing Homelessness in Los Angeles County. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA. (link)
Janey Rountree, Robert Santillano, Maya Buenaventura, Brian Blackwell, Aprill Nunn, and Andi Vidaurre (2024). Aging out of foster care in Los Angeles: Opportunities to prevent homelessness among transition-aged youth. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA. (link)
Robert Santillano, Brian Blackwell, and Till von Wachter (2024). Evaluation of a service-enhancement homelessness-prevention program for Welfare-to-Work participants in Los Angeles County. Open Science Foundation Preregistration. (embargoed through June 2025).
Brian Blackwell and Robert Santillano (2023). "Do Time-Limited Subsidies reduce homelessness for single adults?"
Robert Santillano, Till von Wachter, and Brian Blackwell (2023). Evaluation of a homelessness-prevention program in Los Angeles County. Open Science Foundation Preregistration. (link)
Till von Wachter, Robert Santillano, Janey Rountree, Maya Buenaventura, Landon Gibson, April Nunn, Nino Migineishvili, and Alysa Arbolante (2021). Preventing Homelessness: Evidence-based methods to screen adults and families at risk of homelessness in Los Angeles. Policy Report. Los Angeles, CA: California Policy Lab at UCLA. (link)
Robert Santillano, Peter Schochet, Linda Rosenberg, April Wu, and Mary Cunningham (2019). The National Evaluation of the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program: Design Report. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation Office. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research.