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Publications of Jacob L. Vigdor     :chronological  by type  bibtex listing:

  1. Cook, P., R. MacCoun, C. Muschkin and J.L. Vigdor, The Negative Impacts of Starting Middle School in Sixth Grade, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 27 no. 1 (Winter, 2008), pp. 104-121
  2. J.L. Vigdor, Scrap the Sacrosanct Salary Schedule, Education Next (Fall, 2008)
  3. J.L. Vigdor, The Economic Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 22 no. 4 (Fall, 2008), pp. 135-154
  4. Matlack, J.L. and J.L. Vigdor, Income Inequality and Housing Affordability, Journal of Housing Economics, vol. 17 no. 3 (September, 2008), pp. 212-224
  5. Cutler, D.M., E.L. Glaeser, and J.L. Vigdor, Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 90 no. 3 (August, 2008)
  6. Clotfelter, C.T., E. Glennie, H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools? Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North Carolina, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 92 no. 5-6 (June, 2008), pp. 1352-1370
  7. J.L. Vigdor, Choices to Make on Immigration Policy, The Boston Globe (May 19, 2008)
  8. D.M. Cutler, E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor, When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States, Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 63 no. 3 (May, 2008), pp. 759-774
  9. Clotfelter, C.T., E. Glennie, H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Teacher Bonuses and Teacher Retention in Low Performing Schools: Evidence from the North Carolina $1,800 Teacher Bonus Program, Public Finance Review, vol. 36 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 63-87
  10. J.L. Vigdor, Keeping Adolescents on the Straight and Narrow Path: Integrating Disciplinary Perspectives (2008)
  11. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, and J.L. Vigdor, Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the U.S.?, NBER Working Paper #13648, Education Finance and Policy (2008)
  12. J. Ludwig and J.L. Vigdor, Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap, in Steady Gains and Stalled Progress: Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap, edited by K. Magnuson and J. Waldfogel (2008), Russell Sage
  13. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, J.L. Vigdor, School Segregation Under Color-blind Jurisprudence: The Case of North Carolina, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, vol. 16 no. 1 (2008)
  14. J.L. Vigdor, J.O. Ludwig, Neighborhoods and Peers in the Production of Schooling, in The International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd ed., edited by B. McGaw, P.L. Peterson, E. Baker (2008), Elsevier
  15. J.L. Vigdor, The Perplexing Persistence of Race: Segregation and the Fortunes of African-Americans, 1968-2008, in Making Cities Work: Prospects and Policies for Urban America, edited by Robert Inman (2008), Princeton Univ. Press
  16. J.L. Vigdor, Does Environmental Remediation Benefit the Poor? (2008)
  17. J.L. Vigdor, Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina, National Center on Performance Incentives Working Paper 2008-03 (2008), Vanderbilt University
  18. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, J.L. Vigdor, Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement (2008)
  19. J.L. Vigdor, Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States, Manhattan Institute Civic Report no. 53 (2008) [htm]  [abs]
  20. J.L. Vigdor, The Katrina Effect: Was There a Bright Side to the Evacuation of Greater New Orleans?, Advances, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 7 no. 64 (December, 2007)
  21. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, and J.L. Vigdor, Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School: A Cross-Subject Analysis with Student Fixed Effects, NBER Working Paper #13617 (November, 2007)
  22. J.L. Vigdor, What It Means to Miss New Orleans: Katrina Evacuees Teach Us Something About Poverty and Place (July 14, 2007), VoxEU.org
  23. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, J.L. Vigdor and J. Wheeler, High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 85 no. 5 (June, 2007), pp. 1345-1380
  24. J.L. Vigdor, Is Urban Decay Bad? Is Urban Revitalization Bad Too? (March, 2007), NBER Working Paper #12955
  25. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, How and Why do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student Achievement? (January, 2007), NBER Working Paper #12828
  26. J.L. Vigdor, Comment on "Government Sponsored Enterprises and Resource Allocation: With Some Implications for Urban Economics" by R. Van Order, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (2007)
  27. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, and J.L. Vigdor, Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement: Longitudinal Analysis with Student Fixed Effects, Economics of Education Review, vol. 26 (2007), pp. 673-682
  28. C.T. Clotfelter, H.F. Ladd, and J.L. Vigdor, The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 through 8, Review of Economics and Statistics (2007), NBER Working Paper #12207
  29. J.L. Vigdor, What Should Government Do About the Subprime Mortgage Market? A Taxpayer's Guide (2007), National Taxpayers Union
  30. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 41 no. 4 (Fall, 2006), pp. 778-820
  31. J.L. Vigdor, Fifty Million Voters Can't Be Wrong: Economic Self-Interest and Redistributive Politics (July, 2006), NBER Working Paper #12371
  32. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of 'Resegregation' in Southern Schools, American Law and Economics Review, vol. 8 no. 2 (Summer, 2006), pp. 347-389
  33. C.T. Clotfelter and J.L. Vigdor, Better News about Hispanic Students, Raleigh News and Observer (June 5, 2006)
  34. J.L. Vigdor, The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence in the American South, 1960-2000 (March, 2006), National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #12143
  35. J.L. Vigdor, Derailing the TTA's Plans: Years of Transit-Unfriendly Planning Limited Rail Line's Drawing Power, Raleigh News and Observer (February 21, 2006)
  36. J.L. Vigdor, Comment on "Sprawl and Jurisdictional Fragmentation" by E.S. Mills, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (2006)
  37. Arcidiacono, P.S. and J.L. Vigdor, Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Return to Attending a Racially Diverse College (Manuscript) (2006)
  38. J.L. Vigdor, Residential Segregation, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed., edited by S. Durlauf and L. Blume (Forthcoming), Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
  39. J.L. Vigdor, Liquidity Constraints and Housing Prices: Theory and Evidence from the VA Mortgage Program, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 90 no. 8-9 (2006), pp. 1579-1600
  40. J.L. Vigdor, Peer Effects in Neighborhoods and Housing, in Deviant Peer Influences in Programs for Youth: Problems and Solutions, edited by T. Dishion, K. Dodge, and J. Lansford (2006), Guilford Press
  41. J.L. Vigdor and T.S. Nechyba, Peer Effects in North Carolina Public Schools, in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem, edited by P.E. Peterson and L. Wößmann (Forthcoming), MIT Press
  42. J.L. Vigdor, Review of Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They Conflict?, Anthony Downs, ed., Brookings Institution Press, 2004, Journal of Regional Science, vol. 45 no. 3 (August, 2005), pp. 631-633
  43. J.L. Vigdor, Review of Downtown America: A History of the Place and the People Who Made It, Alison Isenberg, University of Chicago Press, 2004, Journal of Economic History, vol. 65 no. 1 (March, 2005), pp. 274-75
  44. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Who Teaches Whom? Race and the Distribution of Novice Teachers, Economics of Education Review, vol. 24 no. 4 (2005), pp. 377-392
  45. Aldrich, E., P.S. Arcidiacono and J.L. Vigdor, Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence from Nielsen Ratings, Topics, The B. E. Journal in Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 5 no. 1 (2005)
  46. J.L. Vigdor, Does Urban Decay Harm the Poor? (Manuscript) (2005)
  47. Cutler, D.M., E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor, When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States (Manuscript) (2005)
  48. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Classroom-Level Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina, in School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back?, edited by J.C. Boger and G. Orfield (2005), University of North Carolina Press
  49. Cutler, D.M., E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor, Ghettos and the Transmission of Ethnic Capital, in Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy: Comparing the US and UK, edited by G. Loury, T. Modood and S. Teles (2005), Cambridge University Press
  50. Jacob, B. and J.L. Vigdor, Bad Seeds (2005)
  51. Jacob, B., D. Lillard and J. Vigdor, Is There A College Drinking Problem? (2005)
  52. J.L. Vigdor, Other People's Taxes: Nonresident Voters and Statewide Limitation of Local Government, Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 47 no. 2 (October, 2004), pp. 453-477
  53. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Teacher Quality and Minority Achievement Gaps (October, 2004), Sanford Institute Working Paper SAN04-04
  54. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd, J.L. Vigdor and R.A. Aliaga, Do School Accountability Systems Make It More Difficult for Low Performing Schools to Attract and Retain High Quality Teachers?, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 23 no. 2 (Spring, 2004), pp. 251-271 (Reprinted in Modern Classics in the Economics of Education, C. Belfield, ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..)
  55. J.L. Vigdor, Community Composition and Collective Action: Analyzing Initial Mail Response to the 2000 Census, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 86 no. 1 (February, 2004), pp. 303-312
  56. J.L. Vigdor, Comment on "The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots by W.J. Collins and R.A. Margo, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (2004), pp. 35-38
  57. Clotfelter, C.T., E. Glennie, H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Evaluation of Teacher Recruitment and Retention Initiative, Report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (2004)
  58. Glennie, E. and J.L. Vigdor, Learning about Incentives: Will the State Short-Circuit its Own Efforts to Improve Needy Schools? (June 28, 2004), Raleigh News and Observer
  59. Arcidiacono, P.S. and J.L. Vigdor, On the Value of Interracial Interaction and Affirmative Action as a Means to Achieve It (Manuscript) (2004)
  60. J.L. Vigdor and T.S. Nechyba, Peer Effects in Elementary School: Learning from 'Apparent' Random Assignment (Manuscript) (2004)
  61. J.L. Vigdor, Residential Segregation and Preference Misalignment, Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 54 no. 3 (November, 2003), pp. 587-609, Elsevier
  62. Glendon, S.P. and J.L. Vigdor, Thy Neighbor's Jobs: Geography and Labor Market Dynamics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 33 no. 6 (October, 2003), pp. 663-693, Elsevier
  63. J.L. Vigdor, Quarterback Draw: Media Executives want black quarterbacks to succeed because of ratings, not 'social concern', The American Prospect Online (October, 2003)
  64. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina's Public School Classrooms, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 81 no. 4 (May, 2003), pp. 1463-1511
  65. J.L. Vigdor and C.T. Clotfelter, Retaking the SAT, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 38 no. 1 (January, 2003), pp. 1-33
  66. Glaeser, E.L. and J. L. Vigdor, Racial Segregation: Promising News, in Redefining Urban & Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 1, edited by B. Katz and R. Lang (2003), pp. 211-234, Brookings Institution Press
  67. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Divided on the Inside, Too, Raleigh News and Observer (September 1, 2002)
  68. J.L. Vigdor, College Try: Why Universities Should Stop Encouraging Applicants to Take the SATs Over and Over Again, The American Prospect Online (January 24, 2003)
  69. Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor, Racial Segregation in Modern-Day Public Schools (Manuscript) (2003)
  70. J.L. Vigdor, Locations, Outcomes, and Selective Migration, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 84 no. 4 (November, 2002), pp. 751-755
  71. J.L. Vigdor, The Pursuit of Opportunity: Explaining Selective Black Migration, Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 51 no. 3 (May, 2002), pp. 391-417
  72. J.L. Vigdor, Interpreting Ethnic Fragmentation Effects, Economics Letters, vol. 75 no. 2 (April, 2002), pp. 271-276
  73. J.L. Vigdor, Does Gentrification Harm the Poor?, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs (2002), pp. 133-173
  74. J.L. Vigdor, Is Easy Credit Good for Low-Income Households? Theory and Evidence from the Hosuing Market (Manuscript) (2002)
  75. Cutler, D.M, E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor, The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 107 no. 3 (June, 1999), pp. 455-506
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