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 degree in economics in his native Argentina, then traveled to Duke University, where he earned 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 journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and Quantitative Economics. He also serves as a research associate at the NBER and CEP. He is currently a managing editor at The Economic Journal.
- Ph.D. Duke University 2012
- M.A. Duke University 2008
- B.A. Universidad de San Andrés 2004
- Economics of Education
- Labor Economics
In economics, authors are listed in alphabetical order when they equally contribute to the publication.
PUBLICATIONS/ACCEPTED PAPERS
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., Fang, H., & Spenner, K. (2011). Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch: A New Test and Evidence. Quantitative Economics, 2(November), 303-333.
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., & Spenner, K. (2012). What Happens After Enrollment? An Analysis of the Time Path of Racial Differences in GPA and Major Choice. IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 1(5), October.
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., Hussey, A., & Spenner, K. (2013). Racial Segregation Patterns in Selective Universities. Journal of Law and Economics, 56(November).
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., Coate, P., & Hotz, V. J. (2014). Affirmative Action and University Fit: Evidence from Proposition 209. IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 3(7), September.
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., & Hotz, J. (2016). University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California. American Economic Review, 106(3), 525-562.
Aucejo, E., & Romano, T. (2016). Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance. Economics of Education Review, 55(December), 70–87.
Aucejo, E., Bugni, F., & Hotz, V. J. (2017). Identification on Regressions with Missing Covariate Data. Econometric Theory, 33(1), February, 196-241.
Aucejo, E., & James, J. (2019). Catching Up to Girls: Understanding the Gender Imbalance in Educational Attainment within Race. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 34(4), February, 502-525.
Aucejo, E., French, J., Ugalde Araya, M. P., & Zafar, B. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey. Journal of Public Economics, 191(November), 104271.
Aucejo, E., & James, J. (2021). The Path to College Education: The Role of Math and Verbal Skills. Journal of Political Economy, 129(10), October, 2905–2946.
Aucejo, E., Fruehwirth, J. C., Kelly, S., & Mozenter, Z. (2022). Teachers and the Gender Gap in Reading Achievement. Journal of Human Capital, 16(3), 372-403.
Aucejo, E., Romano, T., & Taylor, E. S. (2022). Does Evaluation Change Teacher Effort and Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy of Retesting Students. Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(3), 417-430.
Aucejo, E., Hupkau, C., & Ruiz-Valenzuela, J. (2022). Where versus What: College Value-Added and the Returns to Field of Study in Further Education. Journal of Human Resources, doi: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10978R1.
Aucejo, E., Coate, P., Fruehwirth, J. C., Kelly, S., & Mozenter, Z. (2022). Teacher effectiveness and classroom composition: Understanding match effects in the classroom. Economic Journal, 132(648), 3047–3064
Aucejo, E., French, J., & Zafar, B. (2023). Estimating Students' Valuation for College Experiences. Journal of Public Economics, 224(August), 104926.
Aucejo, E. and El Khoury, S. (2025) “Assessing the Heterogeneous Effects of Remedial Education,” Journal of Human Capital, volume 19, number 2, summer.
Arcidiacono, P., Aucejo, E., Maurel, A., and Ransom T. (2025) “College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation,” Journal of Political Economy, Volume 133, Number 1, January 2025
Aucejo, E. and Wong, K. (2025) “The Effects of Classroom Feedback,” Journal of Public Economics, Volume 241, January, 105274
Ahn, T., Aucejo, E., and James, J. (2025) “The Importance of Student-Teacher Matching: A Multidimensional Value-Added Approach,” Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics
OTHER PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
Kelly, S., Mozenter, Z., Aucejo, E., & Fruehwirth, J. C. (2020). School-to-School Differences in Instructional Practice: Descriptive Evidence from the MET Data. Teacher College Record, Volume 122 Number 11, p. 1-38.
Kelly, S., Bringe, R., Aucejo, E., & Fruehwirth, J. C. (2020). Using Global Observation Protocol to Inform Research on Teacher Effectiveness and School Improvement: Strengths and Emerging Limitations. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 62. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5012
Aucejo, E., & Tobin, Z. (2021). Assessing Racial Disparities in Postsecondary Education. Prepared for the 64th Economic Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Racial Disparities in Today’s Economy.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 310 | App Regression & Data Analytic |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 310 | App Regression & Data Analytic |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 791 | Seminar |
| ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 791 | Seminar |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 721 | Labor Economics I |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 791 | Seminar |
Managing Editor at The Economic Journal.
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), London School of Economics and Political Science: 2012 - 2016 (tenure offered in 2016).
Expert witness and consultant in litigation cases.