Esteban Aucejo
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CPCOM 455M Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 9801Campus: Tempe
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Esteban Aucejo joined the W. P. Carey School of Business after being an assistant professor at the London School of Economics. He completed his bachelor's in economics in his native Argentina, traveling to Duke University, where he completed his master's and doctorate in economics. His primary research focus is the economics of education, with a secondary interest in the field of labor economics. His work has been published in leading scholarly publications, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Quantitative Economics, among others. He also serves as a research associate at the NBER and CEP.
- Ph.D. Duke University 2012
- M.A. Duke University 2008
- B.A. Universidad de San Andrés 2004
- Economics of Education
- Labor Economics
1. “Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch: A New Test and Evidence” with Peter Arcidiacono, Hanming Fang, and Ken Spenner, Quantitative Economics, No. 2, November 2011, 303-333
2. “What Happens After Enrollment? An Analysis of the Time Path of Racial Differences in GPA and Major Choice” with Peter Arcidiacono and Ken Spenner, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 1:5, October 2012
3. “Racial Segregation Patterns in Selective Universities” with Peter Arcidiacono, Andrew Hussey, and Ken Spenner, Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 56, November 2013.
4. “Affirmative Action and University Fit: Evidence from Proposition 209” with Peter Arcidiacono, Patrick Coate and V. Joseph Hotz, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 3:7, September 2014
5. “University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California” with Peter Arcidiacono and Joe Hotz (2016), American Economic Review, 106(3): 525-562,
6. “Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance” with Teresa Romano, Economics of Education Review, Volume 55, December 2016, Pages 70–87
7. “Identification on Regressions with Missing Covariate Data” with Federico Bugni and V. Joseph Hotz, Econometric Theory, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2017, Pages 196-241
8. "Catching Up to Girls: Understanding the Gender Imbalance in Educational Attainment within Race" with Jonathan James, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 34, Issues 4, Pages 502-525, February 2019
9. “The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey” with Jacob French, Maria Paola Ugalde Araya, and Basit Zafar. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 191, 104271, November 2020,
10. “The Path to College Education: The Role of Math and Verbal Skills” with Jonathan James. Journal of Political Economy, Volume 129, no. 10, Pages 2905–2946, October 2021.
11. “Does Evaluation Change Teacher Effort and Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy of Retesting Students" with Teresa Romano, and Eric S. Taylor. Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(3): 417-430, 2022
12. “Teacher effectiveness and classroom composition: Understanding match effects in the classroom” with Patrick Coate, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly, and Zachary Mozenter. Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 648, Pages 3047–3064, 2022
13. “Teachers and the Gender Gap in Reading Achievement” with Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly, and Zachary Mozenter. Journal of Human Capital, 16.3, 372-403, 2022
14. “Where versus What: college Value-Added and the Returns to Field of Study in Further Education” with Claudia Hupkau and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela. Journal of Human Resources, doi: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10978R1, 2022
15. “Estimating Students' Valuation for College Experiences” with Jacob French, and Basit Zafar, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 224, August 2023, 104926
16. “College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation,” with Peter Arcidiacono, Arnaud Maurel, and Tyler Ransom. (2024) Accepted, Journal of Political Economy
17. Aucejo, E. and El Khoury, S. (2024) “Assessing the Heterogeneous Effects of Remedial Education,” Accepted, Journal of Human Capital
OTHER PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
1. "School-to-School Differences in Instructional Practice: Descriptive Evidence from the MET Data," with Sean Kelly, Zachary Mozenter, and Jane Cooley Fruehwirth. Teacher College Record, Volume 122 Number 11, 2020, p. 1-38
2. "Using Global Observation Protocol to Inform Research on Teacher Effectiveness and School Improvement: Strengths and Emerging Limitations," with Sean Kelly, Robert Bringe, and Jane Cooley Fruehwirth. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 62. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5012
3. "Assessing Racial Disparities in Postsecondary Education" (with Zach Tobin), prepared for the 64th Economic Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Racial Disparities in Today’s Economy
Courses
2025 Spring
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ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2024 Fall
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ECN 310 | App Regression & Data Analytic |
2024 Spring
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ECN 791 | Seminar |
ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2023 Fall
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ECN 791 | Seminar |
2021 Fall
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ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2021 Spring
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ECN 791 | Seminar |
2020 Fall
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ECN 421 | Labor Economics |
2020 Spring
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ECN 791 | Seminar |
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), London School of Economics and Political Science: 2012 - (On-leave)