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54
Citations
44805
World Ranking
1086
National Ranking
667

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Petra E. Todd is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans various fields within social sciences, economics, and mathematics, with significant contributions in economics and econometrics as well as statistics and probability.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications such as:

  • "A dynamic model of personality, schooling, and occupational choice" (2020, Quantitative Economics)
  • "The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Randomized Controlled Trials with Structural Modeling" (2023, Journal of Economic Literature)
  • "Labor Market Returns to Personality: A Job Search Approach to Understanding Gender Gaps" (2024, Journal of Political Economy)
  • "Personality Traits, Job Search and the Gender Wage Gap" (2020, Apollo (University of Cambridge))
  • "Prospering through Prospera: CCT Impacts on Educational Attainment and Achievement in Mexico" (2022, Apollo (University of Cambridge))

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Todd include:

  • Paul Glewwe
  • Weilong Zhang
  • Christopher J. Flinn
  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Susan W. Parker

The scholar has contributed to prominent academic venues, including:

  • Quantitative Economics
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Journal of Economic Literature
  • Journal of Political Economy

In book publishing, Todd has authored titles under the World Bank eBooks imprint:

  • "Impact Evaluation in International Development: Theory, Methods, and Practice" (2022)
  • "Gender Pension Gaps in a Private Retirement Accounts System: A Dynamic Model of Household Labor Supply and Savings" (2020)

The main fields of study for Todd include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Mathematics

More detailed areas of focus encompass subfields such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Education

Research topics frequently addressed are:

  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

In recognition of their professional contributions, Todd was named a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data

    James Heckman;Hidehiko Ichimura;Jeffrey Smith;Petra Todd

  • Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme

    James J. Heckman;Hidehiko Ichimura;Petra E. Todd

  • Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator

    James J. Heckman;Hidehiko Ichimura;Petra Todd

  • Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?

    Jeffrey A. Smith;Petra E. Todd

  • IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF TREATMENT EFFECTS WITH A REGRESSION-DISCONTINUITY DESIGN

    Jinyong Hahn;Petra Todd;Wilbert Van der Klaauw

  • Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data

    James J. Heckman;Hidehiko Ichimura;Jeffrey A. Smith;Petra Todd;Petra Todd;Petra Todd

  • On the Specification and Estimation of the Production Function for Cognitive Achievement

    Petra E. Todd;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and Beyond

    James J. Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd

  • Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions

    James J. Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd

  • Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions

    James J. Heckman;Lance John Lochner;Petra E. Todd

  • The Production of Cognitive Achievement in Children: Home, School and Racial Test Score Gaps

    Petra E. Todd;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence

    John Knowles;Nicola Persico;Petra Todd

  • Assessing the Impact of a School Subsidy Program in Mexico: Using a Social Experiment to Validate a Dynamic Behavioral Model of Child Schooling and Fertility

    Petra E Todd;Kenneth I Wolpin

  • Progressing through PROGRESA: An Impact Assessment of a School Subsidy Experiment in Rural Mexico

    Jere R. Behrman;Piyali Sengupta;Petra Todd

  • Earnings Functions and Rates of Return

    James Joseph Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd

  • Does Measured School Quality Really Matter? An Examination of the Earnings-Quality Relationship

    James Heckman;Anne Layne-Farrar;Petra Todd

  • Evaluating preschool programs when length of exposure to the program varies a nonparametric approach

    Jere R. Behrman;Yingmei Cheng;Petra E. Todd

  • Does Matching Overcome Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators?

    Jeffrey A. Smith;Jeffrey A. Smith;Petra Todd;Petra Todd;Petra Todd

  • Reconciling Conflicting Evidence on the Performance of Propensity-Score Matching Methods

    Jeffrey A. Smith;Petra E. Todd

  • Human Capital Pricing Equations with an Application to Estimating the Effect of Schooling Quality on Earnings

    James Heckman;Anne Layne-Farrar;Petra Todd

  • Do Conditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Generate Lasting Benefits? A Five-Year Followup of PROGRESA/Oportunidades

    Jere R. Behrman;Susan W. Parker;Petra E. Todd

  • Chapter 7 Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and Beyond

    James J. Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd

  • PROGRESSING THROUGH PROGRESA: AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A SCHOOL SUBSIDY EXPERIMENT

    Jere R. Behrman;Piyali Sengupta;Petra Todd;Petra Todd;Petra Todd

  • Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions

    James Joseph Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd;Petra E. Todd;Petra E. Todd

  • Earnings functions, rates of return and treatment effects: the Mincer equation and beyond

    James Joseph Heckman;Lance J. Lochner;Lance J. Lochner;Petra E. Todd;Petra E. Todd;Petra E. Todd

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago
Kenneth I. Wolpin
Kenneth I. Wolpin University of Pennsylvania
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Lance Lochner
Lance Lochner University of Western Ontario
Jeffrey A. Smith
Jeffrey A. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania
John J. Donohue
John J. Donohue Stanford University
Wilbert Van der Klaauw
Wilbert Van der Klaauw Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Michael Keane
Michael Keane Johns Hopkins University
Barbara S. Mensch
Barbara S. Mensch Population Council

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