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Jacob L. Vigdor, Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Child and Family Policy  

Office Location: 324 Parrington Hall
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Office Phone: (206)616-4436
Email Address: jvigdor@uw.edu
Web Page: http://evans.uw.edu/profile/vigdor

Areas of Expertise

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. JL Vigdor. "Solving America's Math Problem."  December, 2013
    2. JL Vigdor. "Weighing and Measuring the Decline in Residential Segregation." CITY & COMMUNITY 12.2 (June, 2013): 169-177. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
    3. CT Clotfelter, HF Ladd, CG Muschkin and JL Vigdor. "Success in Community College: Do Institutions Differ?." Research in Higher Education (2013): 1-20. [doi]  [abs]
    4. CT Clotfelter, HF Ladd and JL Vigdor. "New destinations, new trajectories? The educational progress of Hispanic youth in North Carolina.." Child Dev 83.5 (September, 2012): 1608-1622. [22966926], [doi]  [abs]
    5. CT Clotfelter, HF Ladd and JL Vigdor. "Teacher credentials and student achievement in high school: A cross-subject analysis with student fixed effects." Journal of Human Resources 45.3 (2010): 655-681.  [abs]

    Bio/Profile
    Jacob Vigdor resigned from the Duke faculty effective August 31, 2014. He is now Daniel J. Evans Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.

    Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

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