Publications of Jacob L. Vigdor     :chronological  combined listing:

%% Papers Published   
@article{fds70319,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor and J.
             Wheeler},
   Title = {High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and
             Principals},
   Journal = {North Carolina Law Review},
   Volume = {85},
   Number = {5},
   Pages = {1345-1380},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {fds70319}
}

@article{fds51772,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of
             'Resegregation' in Southern Schools},
   Journal = {American Law and Economics Review},
   Volume = {8},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {347-389},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Summer},
   Key = {fds51772}
}

@article{fds51767,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Does Gentrification Harm the Poor?},
   Journal = {Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs},
   Pages = {133-173},
   Year = {2002},
   Key = {fds51767}
}


%% Papers Accepted   
@article{fds152972,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the
             U.S.?},
   Journal = {Education Finance and Policy},
   Series = {NBER Working Paper #13648},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152972}
}

@article{fds138957,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 through
             8},
   Journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   Publisher = {NBER Working Paper #12207},
   Year = {2007},
   Key = {fds138957}
}


%% Sanford Institute Working Papers   
@article{fds51777,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher Quality and Minority Achievement
             Gaps},
   Publisher = {Sanford Institute Working Paper SAN04-04},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {October},
   Key = {fds51777}
}


%% NBER Working Papers   
@article{fds138958,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School:
             A Cross-Subject Analysis with Student Fixed
             Effects},
   Series = {NBER Working Paper #13617},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {November},
   Key = {fds138958}
}

@article{fds70325,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Is Urban Decay Bad? Is Urban Revitalization Bad
             Too?},
   Publisher = {NBER Working Paper #12955},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {March},
   Key = {fds70325}
}

@article{fds70326,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {How and Why do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student
             Achievement?},
   Publisher = {NBER Working Paper #12828},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {January},
   Key = {fds70326}
}

@article{fds51761,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Fifty Million Voters Can't Be Wrong: Economic Self-Interest
             and Redistributive Politics},
   Publisher = {NBER Working Paper #12371},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {July},
   Key = {fds51761}
}

@article{fds51759,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence in the
             American South, 1960-2000},
   Publisher = {National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper
             #12143},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {March},
   Key = {fds51759}
}


%% Other Working Papers   
@article{fds152983,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Keeping Adolescents on the Straight and Narrow Path:
             Integrating Disciplinary Perspectives},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152983}
}

@article{fds152984,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Does Environmental Remediation Benefit the
             Poor?},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152984}
}

@article{fds152985,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina},
   Series = {National Center on Performance Incentives Working Paper
             2008-03},
   Publisher = {Vanderbilt University},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152985}
}

@article{fds152986,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and
             Student Achievement},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152986}
}

@article{fds51768,
   Author = {Arcidiacono, P.S. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Return to
             Attending a Racially Diverse College (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds51768}
}

@article{fds51769,
   Author = {Jacob, B. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Bad Seeds},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds51769}
}

@article{fds51778,
   Author = {Jacob, B. and D. Lillard and J. Vigdor},
   Title = {Is There A College Drinking Problem?},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds51778}
}

@article{fds51779,
   Author = {Arcidiacono, P.S. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {On the Value of Interracial Interaction and Affirmative
             Action as a Means to Achieve It (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2004},
   Key = {fds51779}
}

@article{fds51780,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor and T.S. Nechyba},
   Title = {Peer Effects in Elementary School: Learning from 'Apparent'
             Random Assignment (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2004},
   Key = {fds51780}
}

@article{fds51781,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Racial Segregation in Modern-Day Public Schools
             (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2003},
   Key = {fds51781}
}

@article{fds51782,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Is Easy Credit Good for Low-Income Households? Theory and
             Evidence from the Hosuing Market (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2002},
   Key = {fds51782}
}


%% Book Reviews   
@article{fds47542,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Review of Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They
             Conflict?, Anthony Downs, ed., Brookings Institution Press,
             2004},
   Journal = {Journal of Regional Science},
   Volume = {45},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {631-633},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {August},
   Key = {fds47542}
}

@article{fds47541,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Review of Downtown America: A History of the Place and the
             People Who Made It, Alison Isenberg, University of Chicago
             Press, 2004},
   Journal = {Journal of Economic History},
   Volume = {65},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {274-75},
   Year = {2005},
   Month = {March},
   Key = {fds47541}
}


%% Journal Articles   
@article{fds152969,
   Author = {Cook, P. and R. MacCoun and C. Muschkin and J.L.
             Vigdor},
   Title = {The Negative Impacts of Starting Middle School in Sixth
             Grade},
   Journal = {Journal of Policy Analysis and Management},
   Volume = {27},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {104-121},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Winter},
   Key = {fds152969}
}

@article{fds152975,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Economic Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina},
   Journal = {Journal of Economic Perspectives},
   Volume = {22},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {135-154},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Fall},
   Key = {fds152975}
}

@article{fds152973,
   Author = {Matlack, J.L. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Income Inequality and Housing Affordability},
   Journal = {Journal of Housing Economics},
   Volume = {17},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {212-224},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {September},
   Key = {fds152973}
}

@article{fds152967,
   Author = {Cutler, D.M. and E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of
             Immigrant Segregation},
   Journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   Volume = {90},
   Number = {3},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {August},
   Key = {fds152967}
}

@article{fds152968,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and E. Glennie and H.F. Ladd and J.L.
             Vigdor},
   Title = {Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools?
             Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North
             Carolina},
   Journal = {Journal of Public Economics},
   Volume = {92},
   Number = {5-6},
   Pages = {1352-1370},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {fds152968}
}

@article{fds152966,
   Author = {D.M. Cutler and E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in
             the United States},
   Journal = {Journal of Urban Economics},
   Volume = {63},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {759-774},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {fds152966}
}

@article{fds152970,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and E. Glennie and H.F. Ladd and J.L.
             Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher Bonuses and Teacher Retention in Low Performing
             Schools: Evidence from the North Carolina $1,800 Teacher
             Bonus Program},
   Journal = {Public Finance Review},
   Volume = {36},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {63-87},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {January},
   Key = {fds152970}
}

@article{fds152977,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {School Segregation Under Color-blind Jurisprudence: The Case
             of North Carolina},
   Journal = {Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the
             Law},
   Volume = {16},
   Number = {1},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152977}
}

@article{fds138953,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Katrina Effect: Was There a Bright Side to the
             Evacuation of Greater New Orleans?},
   Journal = {The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and
             Policy},
   Volume = {7},
   Series = {Advances},
   Number = {64},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {December},
   Key = {fds138953}
}

@article{fds138954,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement: Longitudinal
             Analysis with Student Fixed Effects},
   Journal = {Economics of Education Review},
   Volume = {26},
   Pages = {673-682},
   Year = {2007},
   Key = {fds138954}
}

@article{fds47528,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher
             Effectiveness},
   Journal = {Journal of Human Resources},
   Volume = {41},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {778-820},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {Fall},
   Key = {fds47528}
}

@article{fds47529,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Liquidity Constraints and Housing Prices: Theory and
             Evidence from the VA Mortgage Program},
   Journal = {Journal of Public Economics},
   Volume = {90},
   Number = {8-9},
   Pages = {1579-1600},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds47529}
}

@article{fds47530,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Who Teaches Whom? Race and the Distribution of Novice
             Teachers},
   Journal = {Economics of Education Review},
   Volume = {24},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {377-392},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds47530}
}

@article{fds47531,
   Author = {Aldrich, E. and P.S. Arcidiacono and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence from Nielsen
             Ratings},
   Journal = {The B. E. Journal in Economic Analysis &
             Policy},
   Volume = {5},
   Series = {Topics},
   Number = {1},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds47531}
}

@article{fds47532,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Other People's Taxes: Nonresident Voters and Statewide
             Limitation of Local Government},
   Journal = {Journal of Law and Economics},
   Volume = {47},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {453-477},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {October},
   Key = {fds47532}
}

@article{fds47533,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor and R.A.
             Aliaga},
   Title = {Do School Accountability Systems Make It More Difficult for
             Low Performing Schools to Attract and Retain High Quality
             Teachers?},
   Journal = {Journal of Policy Analysis and Management},
   Volume = {23},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {251-271},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {Spring},
   Key = {fds47533}
}

@article{fds47534,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Community Composition and Collective Action: Analyzing
             Initial Mail Response to the 2000 Census},
   Journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   Volume = {86},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {303-312},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {February},
   Key = {fds47534}
}

@article{fds12857,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Residential Segregation and Preference Misalignment},
   Journal = {Journal of Urban Economics},
   Volume = {54},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {587-609},
   Publisher = {Elsevier},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {November},
   Key = {fds12857}
}

@article{fds12855,
   Author = {Glendon, S.P. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Thy Neighbor's Jobs: Geography and Labor Market
             Dynamics},
   Journal = {Regional Science and Urban Economics},
   Volume = {33},
   Number = {6},
   Pages = {663-693},
   Publisher = {Elsevier},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {October},
   Key = {fds12855}
}

@article{fds12858,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina's Public
             School Classrooms},
   Journal = {North Carolina Law Review},
   Volume = {81},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {1463-1511},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {fds12858}
}

@article{fds12859,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor and C.T. Clotfelter},
   Title = {Retaking the SAT},
   Journal = {Journal of Human Resources},
   Volume = {38},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {1-33},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {January},
   Key = {fds12859}
}

@article{fds12864,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Locations, Outcomes, and Selective Migration},
   Journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   Volume = {84},
   Number = {4},
   Pages = {751-755},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {November},
   Key = {fds12864}
}

@article{fds12865,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Pursuit of Opportunity: Explaining Selective Black
             Migration},
   Journal = {Journal of Urban Economics},
   Volume = {51},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {391-417},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {fds12865}
}

@article{fds12863,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Interpreting Ethnic Fragmentation Effects},
   Journal = {Economics Letters},
   Volume = {75},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {271-276},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {April},
   Key = {fds12863}
}

@article{fds12866,
   Author = {Cutler, D.M and E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto},
   Journal = {Journal of Political Economy},
   Volume = {107},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {455-506},
   Year = {1999},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {fds12866}
}


%% Chapters in Books   
@article{fds152976,
   Author = {J. Ludwig and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Segregation and the Black-White Test Score
             Gap},
   Booktitle = {Steady Gains and Stalled Progress: Inequality and the
             Black-White Test Score Gap},
   Publisher = {Russell Sage},
   Editor = {K. Magnuson and J. Waldfogel},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152976}
}

@article{fds152978,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor and J.O. Ludwig},
   Title = {Neighborhoods and Peers in the Production of
             Schooling},
   Booktitle = {The International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd
             ed.},
   Publisher = {Elsevier},
   Editor = {B. McGaw and P.L. Peterson and E. Baker},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152978}
}

@article{fds152980,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {The Perplexing Persistence of Race: Segregation and the
             Fortunes of African-Americans, 1968-2008},
   Booktitle = {Making Cities Work: Prospects and Policies for Urban
             America},
   Publisher = {Princeton Univ. Press},
   Editor = {Robert Inman},
   Year = {2008},
   Key = {fds152980}
}


%% Op-eds   
@article{fds152982,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Choices to Make on Immigration Policy},
   Journal = {The Boston Globe},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {May},
   Key = {fds152982}
}

@article{fds70321,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {What It Means to Miss New Orleans: Katrina Evacuees Teach Us
             Something About Poverty and Place},
   Publisher = {VoxEU.org},
   Year = {2007},
   Month = {July},
   Key = {fds70321}
}

@article{fds51784,
   Author = {C.T. Clotfelter and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Better News about Hispanic Students},
   Journal = {Raleigh News and Observer},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {June},
   Key = {fds51784}
}

@article{fds51783,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Derailing the TTA's Plans: Years of Transit-Unfriendly
             Planning Limited Rail Line's Drawing Power},
   Journal = {Raleigh News and Observer},
   Year = {2006},
   Month = {February},
   Key = {fds51783}
}

@article{fds51766,
   Author = {Glennie, E. and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Learning about Incentives: Will the State Short-Circuit its
             Own Efforts to Improve Needy Schools?},
   Publisher = {Raleigh News and Observer},
   Year = {2004},
   Key = {fds51766}
}

@article{fds51765,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Quarterback Draw: Media Executives want black quarterbacks
             to succeed because of ratings, not 'social
             concern'},
   Journal = {The American Prospect Online},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {October},
   Key = {fds51765}
}

@article{fds51763,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Divided on the Inside, Too},
   Journal = {Raleigh News and Observer},
   Year = {2003},
   Key = {fds51763}
}

@article{fds51764,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {College Try: Why Universities Should Stop Encouraging
             Applicants to Take the SATs Over and Over
             Again},
   Journal = {The American Prospect Online},
   Year = {2003},
   Key = {fds51764}
}


%% Other   
@article{fds70320,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Comment on "Government Sponsored Enterprises and Resource
             Allocation: With Some Implications for Urban Economics" by
             R. Van Order},
   Journal = {Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs},
   Year = {2007},
   Key = {fds70320}
}

@article{fds138960,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {What Should Government Do About the Subprime Mortgage
             Market? A Taxpayer's Guide},
   Publisher = {National Taxpayers Union},
   Year = {2007},
   Key = {fds138960}
}

@article{fds51785,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Comment on "Sprawl and Jurisdictional Fragmentation" by E.S.
             Mills},
   Journal = {Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds51785}
}

@article{fds47550,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Does Urban Decay Harm the Poor? (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds47550}
}

@article{fds47551,
   Author = {Cutler, D.M. and E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in
             the United States (Manuscript)},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds47551}
}

@article{fds47543,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Comment on "The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots by
             W.J. Collins and R.A. Margo},
   Journal = {Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs},
   Pages = {35-38},
   Year = {2004},
   Key = {fds47543}
}

@article{fds47544,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and E. Glennie and H.F. Ladd and J.L.
             Vigdor},
   Title = {Evaluation of Teacher Recruitment and Retention
             Initiative},
   Journal = {Report to the North Carolina Department of Public
             Instruction},
   Year = {2004},
   Key = {fds47544}
}


%% Published Policy Briefs and Comments   
@article{fds152981,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Scrap the Sacrosanct Salary Schedule},
   Journal = {Education Next},
   Year = {2008},
   Month = {Fall},
   Key = {fds152981}
}

@article{fds146409,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United
             States},
   Journal = {Manhattan Institute Civic Report},
   Number = {53},
   Year = {2008},
   url = {http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_53.htm},
   Abstract = {http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_53.htm},
   Key = {fds146409}
}


%% Book Chapter   
@article{fds51754,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Residential Segregation},
   Series = {2nd ed.},
   Booktitle = {The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics},
   Publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.},
   Editor = {S. Durlauf and L. Blume},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds51754}
}

@article{fds51753,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Peer Effects in Neighborhoods and Housing},
   Booktitle = {Deviant Peer Influences in Programs for Youth: Problems and
             Solutions},
   Publisher = {Guilford Press},
   Editor = {T. Dishion and K. Dodge and J. Lansford},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds51753}
}

@article{fds51755,
   Author = {J.L. Vigdor and T.S. Nechyba},
   Title = {Peer Effects in North Carolina Public Schools},
   Booktitle = {Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem},
   Publisher = {MIT Press},
   Editor = {P.E. Peterson and L. Wößmann},
   Year = {2006},
   Key = {fds51755}
}

@article{fds51756,
   Author = {Clotfelter, C.T. and H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Classroom-Level Segregation and Resegregation in North
             Carolina},
   Booktitle = {School Resegregation: Must the South Turn
             Back?},
   Publisher = {University of North Carolina Press},
   Editor = {J.C. Boger and G. Orfield},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds51756}
}

@article{fds51757,
   Author = {Cutler, D.M. and E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Ghettos and the Transmission of Ethnic Capital},
   Booktitle = {Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy: Comparing the
             US and UK},
   Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
   Editor = {G. Loury and T. Modood and S. Teles},
   Year = {2005},
   Key = {fds51757}
}

@article{fds51758,
   Author = {Glaeser, E.L. and J. L. Vigdor},
   Title = {Racial Segregation: Promising News},
   Pages = {211-234},
   Booktitle = {Redefining Urban & Suburban America: Evidence from Census
             2000, Volume 1},
   Publisher = {Brookings Institution Press},
   Editor = {B. Katz and R. Lang},
   Year = {2003},
   Key = {fds51758}
}