Alejandra Ros Pilarz

Alejandra Ros Pilarz’s research agenda aims to improve the wellbeing of working families with low-incomes through policy-relevant research. Her research examines the effects of parental employment and children’s early care and education (ECE) contexts on family wellbeing and children’s development. She also examines how child and family policies—including ECE policies, work-family policies, and income support policies—shape parents’ employment, children’s ECE contexts, and ultimately, influence child and family wellbeing. Dr. Pilarz uses a range of quantitative methods and primarily relies on large-scale, longitudinal administrative and survey data; she is also experienced in mixed methods research and primary data collection.

Selected Publications:

Pilarz, Alejandra Ros, Ying-Chun Lin, and Elizabeth M. Premo. “Family engagement practices and children’s attendance and early learning skills in a public pre-kindergarten program.” Children and Youth Services Review 163 (2024): 107794.

Lin, Ying-Chun, Elizabeth Premo, and Alejandra Ros Pilarz. “Family engagement practices in a public pre-kindergarten program: Variation by program, classroom, and staff characteristics.” Journal of Research in Childhood Education (2024): 1-25.

Walther, Anna K., and Alejandra Ros Pilarz. “Associations between parental precarious work schedules and child behavior problems among low‐income families.” Journal of Marriage and Family 86, no. 3 (2024): 551-573.

Cuesta, Laura, and Alejandra Ros Pilarz. “How Is Child Support Regularity Associated with Custodial Mothers’ Employment? Evidence from the United States.” Social Service Review 98, no. 2 (2024): 000-000.