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Peter S. Arcidiacono

William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
228F Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Professor Arcidiacono specializes in research involving applied microeconomics, applied economics, and labor economics. His research primarily focuses on education and discrimination. His work focuses specifically on the exploration of a variety of subjects, such as structural estimation, affirmative action, minimum wages, teen sex, discrimination, higher education, and dynamic discrete choice models, among others. He recently received funding from a National Science Foundation Grant for his project, “CCP Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity.” He has also been awarded grants from NICHD for his work entitled, “A Dynamic Model of Teen Sex, Abortion, and Childbearing;” and from the Smith Richardson Foundation for his study, “Does the River Spill Over? Race and Peer Effects in the College & Beyond” with Jacob Vigdor. Other recent studies of his include, “The Distributional Effects of Minimum Wage Increases when Both Labor Supply and Labor Demand are Endogenous” with Tom Ahm and Walter Wessles; “Explaining Cross-racial Differences in Teenage Labor Force Participation: Results from a General Equilibrium Search Model” with Alvin Murphy and Omari Swinton; and “The Effects of Gender Interactions in the Lab and in the Field” in collaboration with Kate Antonovics and Randy Walsh.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor of Economics · 2022 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Economics · 2010 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center · 2010 - Present Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute

In the News


Published May 18, 2022
University Awards 24 New Distinguished Professorships
Published January 8, 2020
Who's Influencing Education Policy?
Published January 7, 2016
Three Duke Scholars Listed as Among Most Influential Researchers on Education

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Recent Publications


Equilibrium Grading Policies With Implications for Female Interest in STEM Courses

Journal Article Econometrica · May 1, 2024 We show that stricter grading policies in STEM courses reduce STEM enrollment, especially for women. We estimate a model of student demand for courses and optimal effort choices given professor grading policies. Grading policies are treated as equilibrium ... Full text Cite

Divergent The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard

Journal Article Journal of Human Resources · January 1, 2024 We examine how increased admissions competition at elite U.S. colleges has affected the admissions advantage that legacies and athletes (LA) receive. Using 18 years of Harvard admissions data, we show that nonlegacy, nonathlete (NLNA) applications expanded ... Full text Cite

Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants

Journal Article Economics of Education Review · June 1, 2022 Elite colleges in the US have seen dramatic increases in applications over the past few decades, in part the result of expanded applicant recruiting. However, broadening the applicant pool while also maintaining diversity may require encouraging applicatio ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


CCP Estimation of Continuous -Time Job Search Models

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2023

Large State Space Issues in Dynamic Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2014

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1999 Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1997 M.S.
Willamette University · 1993 B.S.

External Links


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