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| Research Interests for Helen F. Ladd
Research Interests: Education policy, state and local public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations
Much of my current research focuses on education policy. As an applied policy-ioriented economist I address isues related to school finance, accountability, school choice, and teacher labor markets, in both the U.S. and selected other countries. My most recent (co-authored with Edward Fiske) book is on South Africa and is called "Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa" (Brookings Institution Press, 2004). - Keywords:
- education , school choice, education finance, racial achievement gaps
- Areas of Interest:
- School finance
state and local public finance
school choice
teacher labor markets
racial disparities in education
- Representative Publications
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- H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske eds., Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy
(2008), Routledge (Official handbook of the American Education Finance Association..)
- H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor, The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8,
Review of Economics and Statistics
(forthcoming) [w12207]
- H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor, Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness,
Journal of Human Resources, vol. 41 no. 4
(Fall 2006),
pp. 778-820 [online]
- H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco, School choice, racial segregation, and test-score gaps: Evidence from North Carolina's charter school program,
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 26 no. 1
(Winter 2007),
pp. 31-56
- H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske, Racial Equity in Education: How Far Has South Africa Come?, Special Issue on Education Finance, edited by Jonathan Jansen,
Perspectives in Education, vol. 24
(June 2006),
pp. 95-108
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