Research

Contact Information

• 301-763-9690  
• adela.luque@census.gov  

Fields of Interest

• Self-employment  
• Economic downturns, demographics & the self-employed  
• Technology adoption  

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, UC Berkeley, 1999  

Professional Experience

• Senior Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-Present  
• Research Associate, The Urban Institute, 2005-2011  
• Research Consultant, Consultant - U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2007  
• Visiting Professor, University Pablo de Olavide - Spain, 2002-2004  
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Central Bank of Spain, 2001-2002  
• Economist, Fannie Mae, 1999-2001  

Selected Publications

• Bond, Brittany, J. David Brown, Adela Luque, and Amy O'Hara. 2014. "The Nature of the Bias When Studying Only Linkable Person Records: Evidence from the American Community Survey." Proceedings of the 2013 Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Research Conference.
• Luque, Adela and Renuka Bhaskar. 2014. "2010 American Community Survey Match Study." CARRA WP No. 2014-03.
• Bhaskar, Renuka , Adela Luque, Sonya Rastogi, and James Noon. 2014. "Coverage and Agreement of Administrative Records and 2010 American Community Survey Demographic Data." CARRA WP No. 2014-14.
• Luque, Adela, Ron Jarmin, and C.J. Krizan. 2014. "Owner Characteristics and Firm Performance During the Great Recession." CES WP No. 2014-36.
• Krizan, C.J., Adela Luque, and Alice Zawacki. 2014. The Effect of Employer Health Insurance Offerings on the Growth and Survival of Small Business Prior to the Affordable Care Act. W.E. Upjohn Foundation Manuscript.
• Luque, Adela, Genevieve M. Kenney, and Sharon Long. 2010. "Health Reform in Massachusetts Cut the Uninsured Rate Among Children in Half." Health Affairs, 29, no.6 (2010):1242-1247. DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0314 .
• Luque, Adela and C.J. Krizan. 2009. "The Micro-Dynamics of Skill Mix Changes in a Dual Labor Market: The Spanish Manufacturing Experience." CES WP No. 2009-12.
• Luque, Adela, Bowen Garret, Korbin Liu, and Noga Lewin. 2009. "Medicare Payment Adjustment for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: A Review and Potential Refinements." Urban Institute manuscript.
• Luque, Adela. 2005. "Technology and Skill Mix: Evidence from Firm-Level Data." Bank of Spain Working Paper 0513.
• Luque, Adela. 2003. "The Role of Technological and Industrial Heterogeneity In Technology Diffusion: a Markovian Approach ." CES WP No. 2003-07.
• Luque, Adela. 2002. "An Option-Value Approach to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Plant-Level Data." Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Volume 11, 543 – 568.
• Luque, Adela and Javier Miranda. 2000. "Technology Use and Worker Outcomes: Direct Evidence from Linked Employee-Employer Data." CES WP No. 2000-14.