Peter S. Arcidiacono, William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor

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.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	228F Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://public.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• ECON 390.01, SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 124, F 10:05 AM-12:35 PM

• ECON 881.01, TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECON Synopsis

  Social Sciences 327, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• ECON 881.02, TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECON Synopsis

  Social Sciences 327, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

Office Hours:

By appointment

Education:

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

Specialties:

Microeconomics
Econometrics
Labor Economics / Economics of the Household
Economics of Education
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

Research Interests: Labor Economics, Microeconomics

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.

Keywords:

affirmative action • higher education • minimum wages • Pricing • structural estimation • teen sex

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Ahn, T; Arcidiacono, P; Hopson, A; Thomas, J, Equilibrium Grading Policies With Implications for Female Interest in STEM Courses, Econometrica, vol. 92 no. 3 (May, Accepted, 2024), pp. 849-880 [doi]  [abs]
2. Arcidiacono, P; Kinsler, J; Ransom, T, Divergent The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 59 no. 3 (January, Accepted, 2024), pp. 653-683 [doi]  [abs]
3. Arcidiacono, P; Kinsler, J; Ransom, T, Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants, Economics of Education Review, vol. 88 (June, Accepted, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
4. Arcidiacono, P; Kinsler, J; Ransom, T, Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions, European Economic Review, vol. 144 (May, Accepted, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
5. Arcidiacono, P; Kinsler, J; Ransom, T, Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 40 no. 1 (January, Accepted, 2022), pp. 133-155 [doi]  [abs]