Pedro Carneiro

Research Fellow

University College London

p.carneiro@ucl.ac.uk

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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. 17133

Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from The Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis Ortiz, Nathalie Lahire, Todd Pugatch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17130

Impacts of Integrating Early Childhood with Health Services: Experimental Evidence from the Cresça Com Seu Filho Home Visiting Program

Florencia López Bóo, Maria de la Paz Ferro, Pedro Carneiro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17028

Experimental Impacts of a Virtual Parenting Program with Mothers and Fathers

Lara Lebedinski, Pedro Carneiro, Tamara Arnold Urzua, Julie Perng, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Katia Herrera Sosa

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

published online in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024

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, Inés 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

Yyannu 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

published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (8), 2506–4259)

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 published as 'Impacts of a Large-Scale Parenting Program: Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (4), 1113–1161

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

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 70 (4), 1479 – 1529

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

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (1), 48–92

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