Peter Arcidiacono
Biographic Data
| ID | 5867764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Arcidiacono |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Arcidiacono |
| SIGNATURE | ARCIDIÁCONO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-7392-9770 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
We examine how informational frictions impact schooling and work outcomes by estimating a dynamic structural model where individuals face uncertainty about their academic ability and productivity, which determine their schooling utility and wages. We account for different college types, majors, occupational search frictions, and work hours. Individuals learn from grades and wages, which may affect their choices. Removing informational frictions w…
Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard
Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants
Ex Ante Returns and Occupational Choice
Using data from Duke University undergraduates, we make three main contributions to the literature. First, we show that data on earnings beliefs and probabilities of choosing particular occupations are highly informative of future earnings and occupations. Second, we show how beliefs data can be used to recover ex ante treatment effects and their relationship with individual choices. We find large differences in expected earnings across occupatio…
Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals
Habit Persistence and Teen Sex
We develop a dynamic discrete-choice model of teen sex and pregnancy that incorporates habit persistence. Habit persistence has two sources here. The first is a “fixed cost” of having sex, which relates to a moral or psychological barrier that has been crossed the first time one has sex. The second is a “transition cost,” whereby once a particular relationship has progressed to sex, it is difficult to move back. We estimate significant habit pers…
The Distributional Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases When Both Labor Supply and Labor Demand Are Endogenous
We develop and estimate a one-shot search model with endogenous firm entry, and therefore zero expected profits, and endogenous labor supply. Positive employment effects from a minimum wage increase can result as the employment level depends upon both the numbers of searching firms and workers. Welfare implications are similar to the classical analysis: workers who most want the minimum wage jobs are hurt by the minimum wage hike with workers mar…
The Effects of Gender Interactions in the Lab and in the Field
An important issue with conducting economic analysis in the lab is whether the results generalize to real-world environments where the stakes and subject pool are considerably different. We examine data from the game show The Weakest Link to determine whether the gender of one's opponent affects performance. We then attempt to replicate the competitive structure of the game show in the lab with an undergraduate subject pool. The results in the la…
Ability sorting and the returns to college major
Paying to queue
Ex Ante Returns and Occupational Choice
Using data from Duke University undergraduates, we make three main contributions to the literature. First, we show that data on earnings beliefs and probabilities of choosing particular occupations are highly informative of future earnings and occupations. Second, we show how beliefs data can be used to recover ex ante treatment effects and their relationship with individual choices. We find large differences in expected earnings across occupatio…
College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
We examine how informational frictions impact schooling and work outcomes by estimating a dynamic structural model where individuals face uncertainty about their academic ability and productivity, which determine their schooling utility and wages. We account for different college types, majors, occupational search frictions, and work hours. Individuals learn from grades and wages, which may affect their choices. Removing informational frictions w…
Ability sorting and the returns to college major
Paying to queue
The Effects of Gender Interactions in the Lab and in the Field
An important issue with conducting economic analysis in the lab is whether the results generalize to real-world environments where the stakes and subject pool are considerably different. We examine data from the game show The Weakest Link to determine whether the gender of one's opponent affects performance. We then attempt to replicate the competitive structure of the game show in the lab with an undergraduate subject pool. The results in the la…
The Distributional Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases When Both Labor Supply and Labor Demand Are Endogenous
We develop and estimate a one-shot search model with endogenous firm entry, and therefore zero expected profits, and endogenous labor supply. Positive employment effects from a minimum wage increase can result as the employment level depends upon both the numbers of searching firms and workers. Welfare implications are similar to the classical analysis: workers who most want the minimum wage jobs are hurt by the minimum wage hike with workers mar…
Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals
Habit Persistence and Teen Sex
We develop a dynamic discrete-choice model of teen sex and pregnancy that incorporates habit persistence. Habit persistence has two sources here. The first is a “fixed cost” of having sex, which relates to a moral or psychological barrier that has been crossed the first time one has sex. The second is a “transition cost,” whereby once a particular relationship has progressed to sex, it is difficult to move back. We estimate significant habit pers…
Ex Ante Returns and Occupational Choice
Using data from Duke University undergraduates, we make three main contributions to the literature. First, we show that data on earnings beliefs and probabilities of choosing particular occupations are highly informative of future earnings and occupations. Second, we show how beliefs data can be used to recover ex ante treatment effects and their relationship with individual choices. We find large differences in expected earnings across occupatio…
Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard
Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants
College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
We examine how informational frictions impact schooling and work outcomes by estimating a dynamic structural model where individuals face uncertainty about their academic ability and productivity, which determine their schooling utility and wages. We account for different college types, majors, occupational search frictions, and work hours. Individuals learn from grades and wages, which may affect their choices. Removing informational frictions w…
Economics (7 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Earnings (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)