Teresa Romano
Associate Professor of Economics
Education
BA| Boston University| 2004
MA| Queen's University, Canada| 2005
MA| Duke University| 2009
PhD| Duke University| 2014
Courses Taught
ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 112W: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 220: Data Science for Economists
ECON 385R: Special Topics- Economics of Education
DSC 101Q: Discovery Seminar- 'Til Death Do Us Part? The Economics of Marriage & Divorce
Publications
Does Evaluation Change Teacher Effort and Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy of Retesting Students (with Esteban Aucejo and Eric S. Taylor) Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (3), 417–430.
Ex Ante Returns and Occupational Choice (with Peter Arcidiacono, V. Joseph Hotz, and Arnaud Maurel) Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128 (12), 4475-4522.
Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance (with Esteban Aucejo) Economics of Education Review, 2016, 55 (Dec.), 70-87.
Research Interests
Economics of Education; Labor Economics; Applied Microeconomics