Elizabeth R. Vigdor, Research Scholar, Center for Health Policy  

Office Location: 108 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: (919) 613-9264
Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: elizabeth.vigdor@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Health Policy, Economics
  • Public Finance
    • Education Finance
    • Revenue Forecasting
    • State and Local Government Finance
    • Tax and Expenditure Analysis

Education:
PhD, Harvard University, 1999

Research Categories: Health Policy and Health Economics

Research Description: Research: Health economics

Teaching (Spring 2012):   (typical courses)

  • Pubpol 267s.01, Value for money in health care Synopsis
    Sanford 225, TuTh 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Busch, Susan H. and Elizabeth Richardson Vigdor. "Are Adults in Poor Health More Likely to Enroll in Public Insurance?." Inquiry 45.4 (2008): 380-394.
  2. E. Vigdor and James A. Mercy. "Do Laws Restricting Access to Firearms by Domestic Violence Offenders Prevent Intimate Partner Homicide?." Evaluation Review (2006).
  3. Wilhelmine Miller, E. Vigdor and Willard Manning. "Covering the Uninsured: What is it Worth?." Health Affairs (2004).
  4. E. Vigdor. "Coverage Does Matter: The Value of Health Forgone by the Uninsured." Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America The National Academies Press. (Summer, 2003).
  5. E. Vigdor and James A. Mercy. "Disarming Batterers: The Impact of Laws Restricting Access to Firearms by Domestic Violence Offenders." Evaluating Gun Policy. Ed. Philip J. Cook and Jens O. Ludwig Brookings Press, Spring, 2003

Bio/Profile
Elizabeth Richardson Vigdor is a research scholar at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. She is affiliated with the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management and the Center for Child and Family Policy. She has a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard and a Master's of Science in Health Policy and Management from Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the economics of health policy, specifically the individual and social consequences of being uninsured, the measurement and valuation of health, and the impact of firearm policy.

Elizabeth R. Vigdor