Áureo de Paula
Professor of Economics
University College London · CeMMAP · Institute for Fiscal Studies
Microeconometrics · Applied Microeconomics
About
I am a Professor of Economics at University College London, a research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP). I am also affiliated with CEPR.
My 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.
I am an elected Fellow of the Econometric Society and the International Association for Applied Econometrics. I have served as an editor for the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Econometrics and I am presently a co-editor for Econometrica. I have 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.
News & Upcoming Talks
- 2026.03 Aix Marseille Université
- 2026.03 CUHK
- 2026.03 HKU
- 2026.04 International Seminar on Selective Inference
- 2026.04 Yale University
- 2026.04 Southampton
- 2026.05 Encounters in Econometric Theory (Conference)
- 2026.05 CUNEF
Selected Publications
Leveraging Subjective Expectations for Production Functions
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2026
Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-Emotional Skills
Journal of Public Economics, 2025
Identifying Network Ties from Panel Data: Theory and an Application to Tax Competition
Review of Economic Studies, 2025
Are Self-Reported Fertility Preferences Biased? Evidence from Indirect Elicitation Methods
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024
Identifying Preferences in Networks with Bounded Degree
Econometrica, 86 (1), 2018