CV & Bio
Biography
Áureo de Paula is a Professor of Economics at University College London, also affiliated with the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP), the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and CEPR.
His research is at the intersection of applied economic theory, econometrics, and empirical microeconomics. It features both methodological contributions — such as on identification and estimation of multi-agent models and network models — as well as empirical applications, including work on tax evasion, risky behaviour in developing nations. He has made significant contributions to the econometrics of networks, strategic interaction models, and duration analysis.
He is an elected Fellow of the Econometric Society and the International Association for Applied Econometrics and was a Turing Fellow in 2021/23. He served as an editor for the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Econometrics and is presently a co-editor for Econometrica. He also served as associate editor for the Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Reviews, the Econometrics Journal, and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics as well as a director for the Review of Economic Studies and an elected member for the Council and Executive Committee for the Econometric Society.
Academic Positions
2016 – present
Professor of Economics, University College London
2011 – 2016
Lecturer → Reader (with tenure)
University College London
2013 – 2018
Professor Titular, Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV
2005 – 2012
Lecturer → Assistant Professor → Associate Professor (with tenure)
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Economics
2011, 2016 and 2018
Visiting Faculty Scholar
Northwestern University & Harvard University
Education
2006
Ph.D. in Economics
Princeton University
2002
M.A. in Economics
Princeton University
2000
M.Sc. in Economics
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
1996
B.A. in Economics
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Affiliations & Honours
Fellow, Econometric Society
Fellow, International Association for Applied Econometrics
Elected Member, Econometric Society Council (2022–2025)
Director, Review of Economic Studies (2020-2023)
Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute (2021/23)
Research Fellow, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP)
Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Research Fellow, CEPR
Selected Grants
UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee Grant, "Econometrics for the Firm" (PI), 2022–2027
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant (Co-I), 2021-2025
ERC Starting Grant, "Econometric Analysis of Interactions Models" (PI), 2013–2018
ESRC Large Grant, "Advancing Microdata Models and Methods" (Co-I)
British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (PI), 2016–2017
NSF Grant No. SES-1123990 (PI), 2011–2014
Editorial Service
Co-Editor: Econometrica (2025- )
Co-Editor: Journal of Econometrics (2023-2025)
Managing Editor: Review of Economic Studies (2015-2019)
Editorial Board Member: Review of Economic Studies (2012–2023)
Associate Editor: Journal of Econometrics (2022–2023)
Associate Editor: Econometric Reviews (2020–2022)
Associate Editor: The Econometrics Journal (2012–2022)
Associate Editor: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2012–2015)