Peter S. Arcidiacono | Scholars@Duke

Peter S. Arcidiacono
William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor of Economics

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, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2022
Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010

Contact Information

201A Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
psarcidi@mac.com (919) 660-1816
Personal Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 1999
- M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison 1997
- B.S., Willamette University 1993
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2010
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1999 - 2006
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 18, 2022
  
  University Awards 24 New Distinguished Professorships
- JAN 8, 2020 Sanford School of Public Policy
  
  Who's Influencing Education Policy?
- JAN 7, 2016
  
  Three Duke Scholars Listed as Among Most Influential Researchers on Education
- JAN 7, 2015
  
  Three Duke Scholars Named Among Most Influential on Educational Issues
Awards & Honors
- Researcher (NBER Family Members). National Bureau of Economic Research. 2008
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- CCP Estimation of Continuous -Time Job Search Models awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2023
- Collaborative Research: Leveraging Matched Administrative Datasets to Improve Educational Practice and Long Run Life Outcomes: Toward Building a National Interdisciplinary Network awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2017
- Large State Space Issues in Dynamic Models awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2014
- Applications of CCP Estimation to Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogenity awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Arcidiacono, P., J. Kinsler, and T. Ransom. “Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants.” Economics of Education Review 88 (June 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102255.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., J. Kinsler, and T. Ransom. “Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions.” European Economic Review 144 (May 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104079.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., J. Kinsler, and T. Ransom. “Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard.” Journal of Labor Economics 40, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 133–55. https://doi.org/10.1086/713744.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., V. Joseph Hotz, A. Maurel, and T. Romano. “Ex ante returns and occupational choice.” Journal of Political Economy 128, no. 12 (December 1, 2020): 4475–4522. https://doi.org/10.1086/710559.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., P. B. Ellickson, C. F. Mela, and J. D. Singleton. “The competitive effects of entry: Evidence from supercenter expansion.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12, no. 3 (July 1, 2020): 175–206. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20180047.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and R. A. Miller. “Identifying dynamic discrete choice models off short panels.” Journal of Econometrics 215, no. 2 (April 1, 2020): 473–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2018.12.025.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and R. A. Miller. “Nonstationary dynamic models with finite dependence.” Quantitative Economics 10, no. 3 (July 1, 2019): 853–90. https://doi.org/10.3982/QE626.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., J. Kinsler, and J. Price. “Productivity spillovers in team production: Evidence from professional basketball.” Journal of Labor Economics 35, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 191–225. https://doi.org/10.1086/687529.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., A. Beauchamp, and M. McElroy. “Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model of Sex and Matching.” Quantitative Economics 7, no. 1 (March 2016): 117–56. https://doi.org/10.3982/QE429.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and M. Lovenheim. “Affirmative action and the quality-fit trade-off.” Journal of Economic Literature 54, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 3–51. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.54.1.3.
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  - Maurel, A. P., J. Altonji, and P. Arcidiacono. “The Analysis of Field Choice in College and Graduate School: Determinants and Wage Effects.” Edited by E. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann. In Handbook of the Economics of Education 5 (2016): 305–96.
  - Arcidiacono, P., M. Lovenheim, and M. Zhu. “Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Education.” Annual Review of Economics 7, no. 1 (August 2, 2015): 487–518. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080614-115445.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., A. Beauchamp, M. Hull, and S. Sanders. “Exploring the racial divide in education and the labor market through evidence from interracial families.” Journal of Human Capital 9, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 198–238. https://doi.org/10.1086/681957.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., V. Hotz, A. Maurel, and T. Romano. “Recovering Ex Ante Returns and Preferences for Occupations Using Subjective Expectations Data.” Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid) Working Paper, no. 178 (October 1, 2014).
  - Arcidiacono, P., and C. Koedel. “Race and college success: Evidence from Missouri.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 20–57. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.6.3.20.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., P. B. Ellickson, P. Landry, and D. B. Ridley. “Pharmaceutical followers.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 31, no. 5 (November 15, 2013): 538–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2013.10.005.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., E. Aucejo, A. Hussey, and K. Spenner. “Racial segregation patterns in selective universities.” Journal of Law and Economics 56, no. 4 (November 1, 2013): 1039–60. https://doi.org/10.1086/674056.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., P. Bayer, F. A. Bugni, and J. James. “Approximating High-Dimensional Dynamic Models: Sieve Value Function Iteration.” Advances in Econometrics 31 (January 1, 2013): 45–95. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0731-9053(2013)0000032002.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., E. M. Aucejo, and K. Spenner. “What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice.” Iza Journal of Labor Economics 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-8997-1-5.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., G. Foster, N. Goodpaster, and J. Kinsler. “Estimating spillovers using panel data, with an application to the classroom.” Quantitative Economics 3, no. 3 (November 1, 2012): 421–70. https://doi.org/10.3982/QE145.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., A. Khwaja, and L. Ouyang. “Habit persistence and teen sex: Could increased access to contraception have unintended consequences for teen pregnancies?” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 30, no. 2 (June 11, 2012): 312–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2011.652052.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., V. J. Hotz, and S. Kang. “Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals.” Journal of Econometrics 166, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.06.002.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and R. A. Miller. “Conditional choice probability estimation of dynamic discrete choice models with unobserved heterogeneity.” Econometrica 79, no. 6 (November 1, 2011): 1823–67. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA7743.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and P. B. Ellickson. “Practical methods for estimation of dynamic discrete choice models.” Annual Review of Economics 3 (August 22, 2011): 363–94. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-111809-125038.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., A. Beauchamp, and M. B. McElroy. “Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model of Sex and Matching.” Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid) Working Paper, no. 138 (May 5, 2011).
  - Arcidiacono, P., S. Khan, and J. L. Vigdor. “Representation versus assimilation: How do preferences in college admissions affect social interactions?” Journal of Public Economics 95, no. 1–2 (February 1, 2011): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.10.003.
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  - Ahn, T., P. Arcidiacono, and W. Wessels. “The distributional impacts of minimum wage increases when both labor supply and labor demand are endogenous.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 29, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 12–23. https://doi.org/10.1198/jbes.2010.07076.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and J. L. Vigdor. “does the river spill over? estimating the economic returns to attending a racially diverse college.” Economic Inquiry 48, no. 3 (July 1, 2010): 537–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00236.x.
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  - Ahn, T., P. Arcidiacono, A. Murphy, and O. Swinton. “Explaining cross-racial differences in teenage labor force participation: Results from a two-sided matching model.” Journal of Econometrics 156, no. 1 (May 1, 2010): 201–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.017.
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  - Arcidiacono, Peter, Patrick Bayer, and Aurel Hizmo. “Beyond Signaling and Human Capital: Education and the Revelation of Ability.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, no. 13951 (2010).
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  - Antonovics, K., P. Arcidiacono, and R. Walsh. “The effects of gender interactions in the lab and in the field.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 1 (February 1, 2009): 152–62. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.1.152.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., J. Cooley, and A. Hussey. “The economic returns to an MBA.” International Economic Review 49, no. 3 (August 1, 2008): 873–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00500.x.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., H. Sieg, and F. Sloan. “Living rationally under the volcano? An empirical analysis of heavy drinking and smoking.” International Economic Review 48, no. 1 (February 1, 2007): 37–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2007.00417.x.
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  - Arcidiacono, P. “Affirmative action in higher education: How do admission and financial aid rules affect future earnings?” Econometrica 73, no. 5 (September 1, 2005): 1477–1524. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2005.00627.x.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and S. Nicholson. “Peer effects in medical school.” Journal of Public Economics 89, no. 2–3 (February 1, 2005): 327–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.006.
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  - Aldrich, E. M., P. S. Arcidiacono, and J. L. Vigdor. “Do people value racial diversity? Evidence from Nielsen ratings.” Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2005). https://doi.org/10.2202/1538-0653.1396.
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  - Antonovics, K., P. Arcidiacono, and R. Walsh. “Games and discrimination: Lessons from the weakest link.” Journal of Human Resources 40, no. 4 (January 1, 2005): 918–47. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.xl.4.918.
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  - Aldrich, E. M., P. S. Arcidiacono, and J. L. Vigdor. “Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence from Nielsen Ratings.” B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2005). https://doi.org/10.1515/1538-0653.1396.
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  - Arcidiacono, P. “Ability sorting and the returns to college major.” Journal of Econometrics 121, no. 1–2 (July 1, 2004): 343–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2003.10.010.
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  - Ahn, T., and P. Arcidiacono. “Paying to queue: A theory of locational differences in nonunion wages.” Journal of Urban Economics 55, no. 3 (January 1, 2004): 565–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2003.11.005.
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  - Arcidiacono, P. “The dynamic implications of search discrimination.” Journal of Public Economics 87, no. 7–8 (August 1, 2003): 1681–1706. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00204-3.
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  - Arcidiacono, P., and J. B. Jones. “Finite mixture distributions, sequential likelihood and the EM algorithm.” Econometrica 71, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 933–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0262.00431.
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- Book Sections
  - Altonji, J. G., P. Arcidiacono, and A. Maurel. “The Analysis of Field Choice in College and Graduate School. Determinants and Wage Effects.” In Handbook of the Economics of Education, 5:305–96, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63459-7.00007-5.
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- Other Articles
  - Arcidiacono, P., E. Aucejo, A. P. Maurel, and T. Ransom. “College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation.” Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid), May 31, 2016.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- ECON 393: Research Independent Study 2022
- ECON 493: Honors Research Independent Study 2022
- ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2022
- ECON 205D: Intermediate Microeconomics II 2021
- ECON 394: Research Independent Study 2021
- ECON 493: Honors Research Independent Study 2021
- ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2021
- ECON 394: Research Independent Study 2020
- ECON 899: Internship 2020
- HOUSECS 59: House Course 2020
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. The Role of Catholic Campus Religious Ministries in the Formation of Young Adults. August 2017 - May 2018 2017 - 2018
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. The Role of Catholic Campus Religious Ministries in the Formation of Young Adults: Psychological, Social and Organizational Factors. July 2016 - May 2017 2016 - 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Research

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Other Articles

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship