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Peter S. Arcidiacono is the William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on applied microeconomics, labor economics, and education policy, with a particular emphasis on structural estimation, affirmative action, and higher education outcomes. He holds affiliations with the Duke Population Research Center and has served as an editor for journals like Quantitative Economics and the Journal of Labor Economics.
Education: PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999), MS from the same institution (1997), and BS from Willamette University (1993).
Research interests include discrimination analysis, STEM enrollment dynamics, and the impact of grading policies on student retention. Notable publications analyze Harvard admissions biases, affirmative action effects, and the economic returns to education. He has received NSF grants and fellowships, including recognition as a Fellow of the Econometric Society (2018) and the International Association of Applied Econometrics (2020).
Advising: Over 40 doctoral students, many now in academia and policy roles. Grants include NSF funding for dynamic discrete choice models and educational policy research. His work bridges economic theory with real-world applications in education and labor markets.
