Research Staff

Pedro Carneiro

University College London

Pedro is a Professor of Economics at University College London. His research interests include development economics, labour economics, the economics of education and microeconometrics. In the past he has examined issues such as the returns to education, human capital policy, and labor regulation in developing countries. He has studied poverty and education programs in several countries in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe.

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Selected Publications

Public childcare, labor market outcomes of caregivers, and child development: experimental evidence from Brazil

This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of […]

Orazio Attanasio, Ricardo Paes de Barros, Pedro Carneiro, David K. Evans, Lycia Lima, Norbert Schady, Pedro Olinto

8 November 2022 | CWP19/22

When promising interventions fail: personalized coaching for teachers in a middle-income country

Children in developing countries have deep deficits in math and language. Personalized coaching for teachers has […]

Pedro Carneiro, Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo, Norbert Schady, Ruthy Intriago, Sarah Schodt

17 January 2022 | CWP05/22

The impacts of a multifaceted pre-natal intervention on human capital accumulation in early life

We evaluate an intervention targeting early life nutrition and well-being for households in extreme poverty in […]

Pedro Carneiro, Lucy Kraftman, Giacomo Mason, Lucie Moore, Imran Rasul, Molly Scott

14 December 2020 | CWP61/20

Optimal Data Collection for Randomized Control Trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment eﬀect estimator and the power […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

2 May 2019 | CWP21/19

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Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

23 October 2017 | CWP45/17

Tackling social exclusion: evidence from Chile

We study an intensive social programme in Chile that combines home visits to householdsin extreme poverty […]

Rita Ginja, Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso

12 January 2019 | Journal Article

The supply of skill and endogenous technical change: evidence from a college expansion reform

We examine the labor market consequences of an exogenous increase in the supply of skilled labor […]

Pedro Carneiro, Kai Liu, Kjell G. Salvanes

11 July 2018 | CWP42/18

The effect of gender-targeted conditional cash transfers on household expenditures: evidence from a randomized experiment

This paper studies the differential effect of targeting cash transfers to men or women on the […]

Alex Armand, Orazio Attanasio, Pedro Carneiro, Valérie Lechene

1 June 2018 | CWP33/18

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator and the power […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

23 October 2017 | CWP45/17

Latest version

Optimal Data Collection for Randomized Control Trials

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

2 May 2019 | CWP21/19

Previous version

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

1 April 2016 | CWP15/16

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator and the power […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

27 March 2017 | CWP15/17

Previous version

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm

1 April 2016 | CWP15/16

Partial insurance and investments in children

This article studies the impact of permanent and transitory shocks to income on parental investments in […]

Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja

20 October 2016 | Journal Article