Pedro Carneiro

Research Fellow

University College London

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Pedro Carneiro is Professor of Economics at University College London. He received is Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 2003. His research examines issues in labor economics and education in both developed and developing countries.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2003.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16785
Parental Investments and Socio-Economic Gradients in Learning across European Countries
Pedro Carneiro, Hugo Reis, Alessandro Toppeta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16384
The Effect of Classroom Rank on Learning throughout Elementary School: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador
Pedro Carneiro, Yyannu Cruz Aguayo, Francesca Salvati, Norbert Schady
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15705
Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from Brazil
Orazio Attanasio, Ricardo Paes de Barros, Pedro Carneiro, David K. Evans, Lycia Lima, Pedro Olinto, Norbert Schady
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15588
Can Grit Be Taught? Lessons from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Middle-School Students
Indhira Santos, Violeta Petroska-Beska, Pedro Carneiro, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Ines Berniell, Christian Krekel, Omar Arias, Angela Lee Duckworth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15021
When Promising Interventions Fail: Personalized Coaching for Teachers in a Middle-Income Country
Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo, Pedro Carneiro, Ruthy Intriago, Juan Ponce, Norbert Schady, Sarah Schodt
published in: Journal of Public Economics Plus, 2022, 3, 100012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13955
The Impacts of a Multifaceted Pre-natal Intervention on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life
Pedro Carneiro, Lucy Kraftman, Giacomo Mason, Lucie Moore, Imran Rasul, Molly Scott
forthcoming in: American Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13478
Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia
Alex Armand, Pedro Carneiro, Federico Tagliati, Yiming Xia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12506
Parental Beliefs, Investments, and Child Development: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment
Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso, Italo Lopez Garcia, Paula Bedregal, Miguel Cordero
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163
Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia
Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch
forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11661
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence from a College Expansion Reform
Pedro Carneiro, Kai Liu, Kjell G. Salvanes
forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10133
The Effect of Gender-Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro, Valerie Lechene
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (631), 1875 - 1897
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9960
The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan
Pedro Carneiro, Jishnu Das, Hugo Reis
revised version published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, September 27 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9908
Optimal Data Collection for Randomized Control Trials
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
forthcoming in: Econometrics Journal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9796
Teacher Quality and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten
Maria Caridad Araujo, Pedro Carneiro, Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo, Norbert Schady
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131 (3), 1415 - 1453
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9792
Please Call Me John: Name Choice and the Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae Lee, Hugo Reis
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 62, 101778
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9779
Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
Ingvild Almås, Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro
publisihed in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F609 - F639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9479
Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income
Pedro Carneiro, Italo Lopez Garcia, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129 (3), 757 - 788
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8979
Partial Insurance and Investments in Children
Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126, F66 -F95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8960
Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Pedro Carneiro, Oswald Koussihouèdé, Nathalie Lahire, Costas Meghir, Corina Mommaerts
published as ' School Grants and Education Quality: Experimental Evidence from Senegal' in: Economica, first published January 24, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8209
Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso, Rita Ginja
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (617), 172-208.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6560
Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
Pedro Carneiro, Andrea Locatelli, Tewolde Ghebremeskel, Joseph Keating
substantially revised version pubished in: Labour Economics, 2017, 45, 107 - 115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6315
Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6162
Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia
Pedro Carneiro, Michael Lokshin, Cristobal Ridao-Cano, Nithin Umapathi
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics. 2017, 32 (1), 16 - 36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5902
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (3), 64-89
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5793
A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long Run Outcomes of Children
Pedro Carneiro, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123(2), 365-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5362
A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Investments in Children During Their First Year of Life
Pedro Carneiro, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5793
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5295
Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae Lee
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 110 (6), 2309-2349
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5275
Estimating Marginal Returns to Education
Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman, Edward Vytlacil
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 110 (6), 2754-2781
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4324
Evaluating Marginal Policy Changes and the Average Effect of Treatment for Individuals at the Margin
Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman, Edward Vytlacil
published in: Econometrica, 2010, 78 (1), 377-394
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3094
Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy: Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5902
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3072
Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and Adolescents
Pedro Carneiro, Costas Meghir, Matthias Parey
revised version published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (S1), 123–160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1937
The Return to the Firm Investment in Human Capital
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (1), 97-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1759
Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labor and Firm Performance
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
published as 'Enforcement of labor regulation and firm size' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37 (1), 28-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1453
Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors
Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 48(1), 1-39
IZA Discussion Paper No. 821
Human Capital Policy
Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman
published in: J. Heckman and A. Krueger, Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policy?, MIT Press, 2003
IZA Discussion Paper No. 767
Estimating Distributions of Treatment Effects with an Application to the Returns to Schooling and Measurement of the Effects of Uncertainty on College Choice
Pedro Carneiro, Karsten T. Hansen, James J. Heckman
published in: International Economic Review, 2003, 44 (2), 361-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 518
The Evidence on Credit Constraints in Post-Secondary Schooling
Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman
published in: Economic Journal, 2002, 112 (482), 705-734
IZA Discussion Paper No. 453
Removing the Veil of Ignorance in Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Social Policies
Pedro Carneiro, Karsten T. Hansen, James J. Heckman
published in: Swedish Policy Review, 2001, 8 (2), 273-301
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