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Jacob L. Vigdor
Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Director of Graduate Studies, PhD Program
CCFP Faculty Fellow
| Phone: | (919) 613-9226 |
| Fax: | 919.684.9940 |
| E-mail: | jacob.vigdor@duke.edu |
| Office: | 176 Rubenstein Hall |
| Mailing Address: | 176 Rubenstein Hall Durham, NC 27708 |
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Curriculum Vitae
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Educational achievement; teacher labor markets; racial inequality; residential segregation; housing affordability; political economy; college admissions policies; immigration and migration
Education:
- PhD in Economics Harvard University - 1999
- BS with Distinction in Policy Analysis Cornell University - 1994
Publications (More Publications)
- J.L. Vigdor (2008) Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States
- Cutler, D.M, E.L. Glaeser and J.L. Vigdor (1999) The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto Journal of Political Economy
- J.L. Vigdor (2004) Community Composition and Collective Action: Analyzing Initial Mail Response to the 2000 Census Review of Economics and Statistics
- Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd, J.L. Vigdor and R.A. Aliaga (2004) 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
- J.L. Vigdor (2004) Other People's Taxes: Nonresident Voters and Statewide Limitation of Local Government Journal of Law and Economics
- J.L. Vigdor (2006) Liquidity Constraints and Housing Prices: Theory and Evidence from the VA Mortgage Program Journal of Public Economics
- Clotfelter, C.T., H.F. Ladd and J.L. Vigdor (2006) Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness Journal of Human Resources
- J.L. Vigdor (2006) The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence in the American South, 1960-2000
Presentations
- Visualizing data in immigration and education policy, Tableau Software, Seattle WA, July 16, 2012
- The Aftermath of Accelerating Algebra, University of Illinois-Chicago, Economics Dept., March 07, 2012
- The Aftermath of Accelerating Algebra, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, February 02, 2012
- Spatial and temporal patterns in international migration: ghettos and ethnic enclaves, Gargnano, Italy, September, 2010
- Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, August, 2009