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Pedro Carneiro
Research Associate
Biography
Pedro Carneiro is a research associate at IFS and a lecturer in economics at University College London. His research interests include labour economics, the economics of education and microeconometrics.
Selected publications
All available publications
Maternal Education, Home Environments, and the Development of Children and Adolescents ,
January 2013,
(with Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey),
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Vol. 11; Issue Supplement s1; pp. 123-160,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Pedro Carneiro, Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey, December 2010,
Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP39/10
Pedro Carneiro, Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey, September 2007,
Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents,
IFS Working Papers, W07/15
Enforcement of Labour Regulation and Informality,
July 2012,
American Economic Journal - Applied Economics,
vol. 4(3); pp. 64-89,
American Economic Journal,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro, September 2011,
Enforcement of labor regulation and informality,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP29/11
Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea,
May 2012,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP12/12
Long term impacts of compensatory preschool on health and behavior: evidence from Head Start,
January 2012,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP01/12
The impact of early cognitive and non-cognitive skills on later outcomes,
January 2012,
(with Claire Crawford and Alissa Goodman),
Conference Papers
Average and marginal returns to upper secondary schooling in Indonesia,
November 2011,
(with Nithin Umapathi),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP36/11
Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents,
December 2010,
(with Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP39/10
A flying start? Long term consequences of maternal time investments in children during their first year of life,
December 2010,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP38/10
Estimating marginal returns to education,
October 2010,
(with James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP29/10
Lessons from the technology of skill formation: implications for education policy,
forthcoming,
in Education and growth, Michael Spence and Pedro Carneiro (eds) World Bank Publications,
Book Chapters
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
forthcoming,
(with James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Pedro Carneiro, James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil, July 2009,
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP21/09
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
January 2010,
(with James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 377-394,
Journal Articles
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
July 2009,
(with James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP21/09
Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrolment and wage inequality,
April 2009,
(with Sokbae 'Simon' Lee),
Journal of Econometrics,
Vol. 149, No. 2, pp. 191-208,
Elsevier,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Pedro Carneiro and Sokbae 'Simon' Lee, January 2009,
Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP01/09
Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality,
April 2009,
(with Sokbae 'Simon' Lee),
Journal of Econometrics,
Vol. 149, No. 2, pp. 191-208,
Journal Articles
Enforcement of regulation, informal employment, firm size and firm performance,
March 2009,
Journal of Comparative Economics,
Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 28-46,
Elsevier,
Journal Articles
Enforcement of regulation, informal labor and firm performance,
March 2009,
Journal of Comparative Economics,
Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 28-46,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro, January 2006,
Enforcement of regulation, informal labor and firm performance,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP02/06
Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000,
January 2009,
(with Sokbae 'Simon' Lee),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP02/09
Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality,
January 2009,
(with Sokbae 'Simon' Lee),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP01/09
The return to firm investment in human capital,
January 2009,
Labour Economics,
Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 97-106,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro, December 2005,
The return to firm investment in human capital,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP21/05
Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and Adolescents ,
November 2007,
(with Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey),
Vox,
Newspaper Articles
Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents,
September 2007,
(with Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey),
IFS Working Papers
, W07/15
Now published:
Pedro Carneiro, Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey, January 2013,
Maternal Education, Home Environments, and the Development of Children and Adolescents ,
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Vol. 11; Issue Supplement s1; pp. 123-160, Journal Articles
Which skills matter?,
March 2007,
(with Claire Crawford and Alissa Goodman),
in Practice makes perfect, Dermot Kehoe (ed.) Social Market Foundation,
Book Chapters
The impact of early cognitive and non-cognitive skills on later outcomes,
January 2007,
(with Claire Crawford and Alissa Goodman),
External publications
, Centre for the Economics of Education
Increasing mothers' education benefits their children's school performance,
April 2006,
(with Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey),
IFS Press Releases
Enforcement of regulation, informal labor and firm performance,
January 2006,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP02/06
Ability, sorting and wage inequality,
November 2005,
(with Sokbae 'Simon' Lee),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP16/05
Labor market discrimination and racial differences in pre-market factors,
April 2005,
(with James Heckman),
Journal of Law and Economics,
Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 1-40,
Journal Articles
Human capital policy,
February 2004,
(with James Heckman),
in Inequality in America: what role for human capital policies, J. Heckman and A. Krueger MIT Press,
Book Chapters
Methods for evaluating the impact of education policies when the return to education varies across individuals,
December 2003,
Cuadernos de Economia,
Vol. 40, No. 121, pp. 516-529,
Journal Articles
Estimating distributions of counterfactuals with an application to the returns to schooling and measurement of the effect of uncertainty on schooling choice,
May 2003,
(with James Heckman),
International Economic Review,
Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 361-422,
Journal Articles
The evidence on credit constraints in post-secondary schooling,
October 2002,
(with James Heckman),
Economic Journal,
Vol. 112, No. 482,
Journal Articles
Removing the veil of ignorance in assessing the distributional impacts of social policy,
January 2001,
(with James Heckman),
Swedish Economic Policy Review,
Vol. 8, pp. 273-301,
Economic Council of Sweden,
Journal Articles