Research Interests for Helen F. Ladd

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   (search)

1. H.F. Ladd, Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence, Presidential address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2012) (Forthcoming.)
2. 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..)
3. H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter and Jacob L. Vigdor, Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field, Summer issue, Education, Finance and Policy, vol. 6 no. 3 (2011)
4. H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, Jacob Vigdor, Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School: A Cross Subject Analysis with Fixed Effects, Journal of Human Resources (2010) (45 (3), 655-681..)
5. 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