Hugh Macartney, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics and Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center

Please note: Hugh has left the "Economics" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Professor Macartney's broad research interests are in applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on the formation of human capital and the role of incentives in the public sphere. His work uses both theoretical modeling and structural estimation to examine key aspects of the education production process that underlie student achievement, such as teacher effort and the match between teachers and students.  The goal of this work is to evaluate and prescribe policy refinements in order to allocate education resources more efficiently.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	239 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1866
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://hughmacartney.com/

Office Hours:

By appointment

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Toronto (Canada)	2011
M.A.	University of Toronto (Canada)	2005

Specialties:

Public Economics
Economics of Education
Labor Economics / Economics of the Household
Microeconomics

Research Interests:

Professor Macartney's broad research interests are in applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on the formation of human capital and the role of incentives in the public sphere. His recent work examines the unintended consequences that can arise in an education setting when reforms designed to hold teachers more accountable for the performance of their students are implemented. His current work uses both theoretical modeling and structural estimation to examine the various aspects of the education production process that underlies student achievement, such as teacher effort and the match between teachers and students. The goal of this work is to evaluate and prescribe policy refinements in order to allocate education resources more efficiently.

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Recent Publications

1. Macartney, H, The Dynamic Effects of Educational Accountability, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 34 no. 1 (January, 2016), pp. 1-28, University of Chicago Press [doi]

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